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Operation Yellowhammer: why it matters that no-deal Brexit report changed from ‘base case’ to ‘reasonable worst case scenario’
12/09/2019
Documents revealing the impact of a no-deal Brexit on the UK have been released by the Government following a demand from MPs.
Low consumer confidence also affects sales at Morrisons, and Co-op says crashing out of EU threatens its supply chain.
Medical products are ‘particularly vulnerable to severe extended delays’ ... - confirming our concerns (British Medical Association)
11/09/2019
The Operation Yellowhammer document states that medicines and medical products are ‘particularly vulnerable to severe extended delays’ in the event of a no deal Brexit - confirming our concerns as outlined in our briefing document last week
#Yellowhammer documents show what will happen in 50 days time and the Government should be held accountable
11/09/2019
The #Yellowhammer documents show what will happen in 50 days time and the Government should be held accountable @lucianaberger tells #Peston.
Operation Yellowhammer: Government no-deal Brexit documents warn of food shortages and riots
11/09/2019
Ministers have been forced to publish details of concerns about public disorder and disruption to medicine and fuel supplies.
Operation Yellowhammer documents predict public disorder, rising prices and disruptions to food and medicines.
No-deal Brexit: Documents on food and medicine shortages should be kept secret to avoid scaring public, minister says
11/09/2019
'Putting out there all of the possible permutations of what could happen actually just serves to concern people', Andrea Leadsom claims.
MPs order Boris Johnson to hand over government communications about parliament suspension and no-deal planning
09/09/2019
Boris Johnson's government has suffered another humiliating Commons defeat, as MPs ordered the release of internal communications between the prime minister's top advisers over the decision to suspend parliament.
Dr David Nicholl: ‘If Rees-Mogg wants to repeat that outside of Parliament, I will sue’ [5 mins]
05/09/2019
Jacob Rees-Mogg has escalated his war of words with a neurologist who warned of fatalities in the event of a No-Deal Brexit.
'Absolutely disgusting': Jacob Rees-Mogg condemned for likening doctor to disgraced anti-vaxxer for warning of deaths after no-deal Brexit
05/09/2019
Under-fire Tory minister told he would be sued if allegation against government-hired expert had been made outside Commons.
No deal Brexit: issues, impact, implications
03/09/2019
The report shows that no deal will not “get Brexit done” rather, it will usher in a period of prolonged uncertainty for citizens, workers and businesses, which is unlikely to be resolved anytime soon, our new report, No deal Brexit: issues, impacts, implications, reveals.
The team tackle the doomsday Yellowhammer predictions, Boris Johnson's European jaunt and pen their own Brexit poetry.
David Nicholl, who drew up a risk register of epilepsy and neurology drugs for the government’s Operation Yellowhammer plans for no deal, said he was not going to take lessons from a “muppet” who had no medical qualifications.
Jacob Rees-Mogg attacks doctor who advised government on no-deal Brexit, dismissing his warnings people will die as 'fear-mongering'
02/09/2019
Neurologist David Nicholl helped draft Operation Yellowhammer document on medicine shortages - but Commons leader accuses him of incompetence.
Secret government report warning of food and medicine shortages must not be ‘watered down’, Liberal Democrats demand
01/09/2019
Whitehall officials who compiled Operation Yellowhammer report should give evidence to MPs, say Lib Dems.
An inability to stockpile drugs for many serious illnesses mean shortages will hit patients hard, according to doctors. / Senior doctors have warned the NHS to brace itself for the “biggest threat it has ever faced” if the UK crashes out of the EU on October 31, as a leaked internal document reveals the risks to patients from expected drug shortages.
No-deal Brexit: Minister James Cleverly refuses to publish full details as public would ‘misunderstand’
20/08/2019
Mr Cleverly also claimed the document, codenamed Operation Yellowhammer, was “out of date” despite his tacit admission that it was produced just three weeks ago.
No-deal plan threatens UK fuel plants
20/08/2019
The future of the UK's fuel refineries could be threatened by a no-deal Brexit, according to an internal local authority document seen by the BBC.
Leaked No-deal Brexit planning documents from Operation Yellowhammer warn of the likely impact on the UK - not the worst case scenario, and have been likened to 'wartime' in peacetime by the Lib Dems
Labour leader demands transparency for public and business.
Government dismisses calls for no-deal Brexit assessments to be released in full immediately
19/08/2019
Corbyn says claims that leaked dossier warning of no-deal chaos is outdated ‘can’t be trusted’.
Operation Yellowhammer papers warn of food, fuel and medicine shortages if UK goes for no-deal Brexit
18/08/2019
Since Boris Johnson became Prime Minister, the Government has announced it is spending an extra £2bn on no-deal contingency planning.
A cut in the availability of food and increase in prices, will hit 'vulnerable groups', the dossier says.
Medicines will also be subject to shortages, according to ‘realistic assessment’. / The UK will face a three-month meltdown at its ports, a hard Irish border and shortages of food and medicine if it leaves the EU without a deal, according to government documents on Operation Yellowhammer.