The government department responsible for Britain’s smooth departure from the customs union after Brexit is employing 2,000 fewer staff than on the day of the EU referendum. The UK's HMRC tax authority has 2,000 fewer employees than it did at the Brexit referendum in 2016, according to a Treasury minister. That, despite the department’s importance in implementing post-Brexit customs arrangements and after Prime Minister Theresa May said last year that HMRC would hire as many as 5,000 more people. In an interview with BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Mr Hammond said: “We are going to have to do some things differently.
The UK's HMRC tax authority has 2,000 fewer employees than it did at the Brexit referendum in 2016, according to a Treasury minister. That, despite the department’s importance in implementing post-Brexit customs arrangements and after Prime Minister Theresa May said last year that HMRC would hire as many as 5,000 more people. In an interview with BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Mr Hammond said: “We are going to have to do some things differently.