Government Gets Power to Build Brexit Lorry Parks Across England

  • Local officials won’t be able to block controversial plans
  • Holding pens will be needed to avert border chaos from Jan. 1
Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
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With Britain less than four months away from its final split with the European Union, U.K. Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick gave himself sweeping powers to build truck parks across large parts of England to avoid chaotic queues at ports.