But on Thursday, when Mr Reese-Mogg announced that planned border controls on food coming to the UK from the European Union had been canceled, he said the controls “would be an act of self-harm”. In a written statement, he said: “The remaining controls on imports of EU goods will no longer be implemented this year – saving British companies up to 1 1 billion in annual costs.” In other words, not completing Brexit would save British consumers a significant amount of money.