Brexit Is Back: UK Aims to Prepare Public for Jan. 1 EU Break

Farmers from the group Save British Farming drive tractors across Westminster Bridge, backdropped by the Houses of Parliament and the scaffolded Big Ben tower in London, in a protest against cheaply produced lower standard food being imported from the U.S. after Brexit that will undercut them on July 8, 2020. Matt Dunham/AP

LONDON—The British government told individuals and businesses on July 13 to get ready for new costs and red tape—but also an exciting “new start”—when the UK leaves the European Union’s economic embrace in less than six months.

The government unveiled details of new border arrangements and a major public information campaign to remind Britons that Brexit has not gone away, even though it has been knocked out of the headlines by the coronavirus pandemic.