“The government should have built up capacity sooner, particularly as it has been clear for some time that the challenges of dealing with the pandemic would not be over by the end of the Brexit transition period.” https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/brexit-news/westminster-news/private-contract-over-covid19-brexit-4559426
‘Let’s not make it any tougher’ - IMF urges Johnson government to extend Brexit transition period https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/imf-on-boris-johnson-government-brexit-extension-and-coronavirus-1-6609849
With coronavirus, the government must extend the Brexit transition period | Lisa Nandy https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/09/coronavirus-government-extend-brexit-transition-period?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1583780123
The EU is set to tempt the government into extending the Brexit transition period in a bid to break the current stalemate. https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/could-the-brexit-trainsition-period-be-extended-1-5785237