Lord David Frost will declare 'the long bad dream of EU membership is over' amid punch-ups on petrol forecourts, empty supermarket shelves and warnings thousands of pigs will be dumped in skips.
Drivers are being urged by the Government to “buy fuel as normal”, after the lorry driver shortage hit supplies.
The oil giant has warned the Government it will struggle to keep supplies topped up and called on ministers to change jobs rules for drivers.
Petrol crisis: Change to Brexit immigration rules in pipeline to ease lorry driver shortage and fuel chaos
24/09/2021
Cross-government emergency meeting expected to agree temporary visas for HGV drivers – and hundreds of military personnel could be making deliveries to fill empty pumps.
EU's former negotiator Michel Barnier: 'No-one can be surprised' Brexit contributed to fuel crisis
28/09/2021
"Nobody can be surprised. The British government decided to leave the EU, to leave the single market, to leave the customs union. That means mechanic consequences."
Welsh first minister shreds Tory party’s solution for HGV driver shortage and blames saga on Brexit
29/09/2021
A leading politician has slammed the Conservatives over the HGV lorry driver shortage and claimed that Brexit has played a large role in it.
Sir Keir Starmer blames fuel 'chaos' on Boris Johnson's 'failure to prepare for Brexit consequences'
28/09/2021
ITV News Political Editor Robert Peston questions Keir Starmer about the fuel crisis and asks how big a role Brexit has played in the chaos seen at forecourts across the country
These Brexiteers quotes on fuel and energy costs falling after leaving the EU have aged terribly
29/12/2021
With fuel and energy costs rising in the UK compared to the EU, a handful of quotes from Brexiteers championing the supposed fall of such prices if the public voted to leave have resurfaced.
Motorists and shoppers have been urged not to panic buy fuel and goods as the shortage of lorry drivers hit supplies.
The government is planning a temporary scheme to make it easier for foreign lorry drivers to work in the UK.
Lord Frost’s comments will come as the UK continues to feel the effects of a fuel crisis and staffing issues linked to the departure from the EU.
Olaf Scholz, poised to become next chancellor, wades into row over HGV driver shortage.
Preparations being made at ‘every port and access point from Europe’, senior officer say.
Boris Johnson believed to have overruled ministers unwilling to compromise on post-Brexit immigration as forecourt queues mount
Demands for prime minister to reveal if dangers listed in ‘no-deal readiness report’ last autumn are still real – and whether they have grown because of pandemic.
EU unveils plan to dedicate a quarter of its budget fighting climate change with €1 trillion 'green deal'
15/01/2020
Brussels also plans 'Just Transition Mechanism' to regenerate coal mining and oil regions after transition.
Iain Duncan Smith says he doesn’t ‘see the point’ in Brexit forecasts day ‘doomsday dossier’ warns of food and power shortages
24/08/2020
Staunch Brexiteer Iain Duncan Smith (IDS) has said he does not “see the point” in Brexit forecasts on the day a government report warned the UK faced food, fuel and power shortages if a no-deal Brexit and second coronavirus wave coincided.
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.
A leaked cross-government study warning of the impact of a no-deal Brexit outlines a "worst-case scenario", cabinet minister Michael Gove has said.
Government figures seek to play down predictions of food, medicine and fuel shortages in leaked document.
PMQs: Boris Johnson refuses to cut VAT on energy bills despite Brexit promise that he would [3 mins]
05/01/2022
Boris Johnson has refused to cut VAT on fuel bills amid a huge rise in the cost of energy, despite promising ahead of the EU referendum that Brexit would allow him to do so.
Navy may need to intervene in clashes between UK and European fishing vessels, leaked plans warn
23/08/2020
Contingencies drawn up for ‘no deal’ Brexit.
No-deal Brexit could see substantial number of businesses become unprofitable and trigger food shortages, Mark Carney warns
02/08/2019
‘The challenge is, particularly in food, it’s perishable, so you can’t stockpile today for demand in November,’ Carney says. / A no-deal Brexit could cause food shortages, Mark Carney has suggested, adding that job losses and business closures are also likely.
Nigel Farage was firmly put in his place after he shared his frustration about the current fuel crisis in the UK on Thursday.