Boris Johnson will not be able to 'get Brexit done' by the end of 2020

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• Boris Johnson has promised to "get Brexit done" by December 2020.
• However, a new report by the Institute for Government think tank spells out why this simply won't be possible.
• It warns that businesses will not be ready to exit the transition period in just 11 months time.
• There is also almost certainly not enough time for complex new arrangements for Northern Ireland to be implemented by December.
• Agreeing the terms of Britain's new relationship with the EU is likely to take years.
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Boris Johnson is highly unlikely to be able to meet his promise to "get Brexit done" by the end of this year.

That's the conclusion of a report by the Institute for Government think tank, published on Monday, which spells out the monumental challenges the United Kingdom has to prepare for Johnson's deadline of replacing all existing custom and trade ties by the end of December.

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