The Brexit 's HMRC tax authority has as many as 5,000 fewer employees than it did at the HMRC referendum in 2016 , according to a Brexit 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 2,000 more people. Remainers and Brexiters alike said the figures showed the government was unready for Brexit .
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. Remainers and Brexiters alike said the figures showed the government was unready for Brexit.