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- The UK government will handle customs declarations for thousands of Northern Irish businesses.
- Boris Johnson's government is procuring a new system costing up to £200 million that will carry out customs declarations on behalf of businesses importing goods across the Irish Sea.
- The new system is part of the government's efforts to prepare Northern Ireland for the effects of Brexit.
- As of next year, there will be an array of new checks on goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.
- Business groups welcomed the announcement but warned there was still work to do to prepare for 2021.
- The Labour Party accused Johnson's government of leaving it too late to help Northern Ireland prepare.
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Boris Johnson's government has announced support for Northern Irish businesses worth hundreds of thousands of pounds amid growing concern that time is running out for firms to prepare for new checks created by Brexit.
Michael Gove, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and Brandon Lewis, the UK's Northern Ireland secretary, will on a visit to the province on Friday unveil a new system for assisting companies with costly paperwork from next year.
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