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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.
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.
From cross-Channel transport disruption to public disorder – the predictions in the leaked document.
As Boris Johnson careers towards a no-deal Brexit, what are the latest reports on the impact it would have?
‘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.
Government figures seek to play down predictions of food, medicine and fuel shortages in leaked document.
Nigel Farage was firmly put in his place after he shared his frustration about the current fuel crisis in the UK on Thursday.
NICOLA Sturgeon has insisted that the HGV driver and fuel shortage crisis is a result of Boris Johnson’s “reckless” Brexit policy – and has called for the UK Government to “urgently revisit their entire post-Brexit immigration policy”.
EMPTY SUPERMARKET SHELVES, queues at petrol stations and pumps running dry is far from what one would expect from Britain in 2021.
Contingencies drawn up for ‘no deal’ Brexit.
As we recover from the pandemic, the impact of Brexit – which we voted resoundingly against in Scotland – is becoming clearer by the day.
The government is planning a temporary scheme to make it easier for foreign lorry drivers to work in the UK.
Neurologist David Nicholl helped draft Operation Yellowhammer document on medicine shortages - but Commons leader accuses him of incompetence.
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.
The British government is warning that the country’s fuel crisis is likely to last for another week. Gas stations across Britain have had to shut down because a lack of truckers has caused huge supply difficulties. As special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports from Brighton, on the southern coast of England, the problems appear to be one of the side effects of Brexit.
"The first rule of Brexit Club is you don't talk about all those "benefits" you mentioned 5 years ago..."
Motorists and shoppers have been urged not to panic buy fuel and goods as the shortage of lorry drivers hit supplies.
The UK government is reviewing plans to remove tariffs on a wide range of imports post-Brexit, following warnings that it would undermine the country's oil refining industry.
Drivers are being urged by the Government to “buy fuel as normal”, after the lorry driver shortage hit supplies.
Corbyn says claims that leaked dossier warning of no-deal chaos is outdated ‘can’t be trusted’.
Gas stations across Great Britain are running dry due to a post-Brexit shortage of truck drivers. The government announced a plan to issue 5,000 temporary visas for truckers.
Newspapers have splashed the UK’s struggle for fuel across their front pages as the Army mobilises to ensure petrol pumps don’t go dry.
Britain’s fuel crisis is more likely to be the result of the “shoddy post-Brexit transition” than the aftereffects of the coronavirus pandemic, France’s state broadcaster has said.
THE average household energy bill in the UK is set to increase by at least £600 by the spring, energy and consumer groups have warned.
"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."