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Audit office warns of ‘meltdown’ if Chief replacement fails

The head of the National Audit Office has warned that a collapse of Customs’ new computer system could throw the UK into chaos after Brexit, on the day that the Government was due to publish its ‘Great repeal Bill’. In a strongly-worded statement, auditor general Sir Amyas Morse said that the Customs Declaration System (CDS), due to replace the ageing CHIEF computer, could become “a horror show”. He said that CDS was ... [+]

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