‘The kingdom of empty shelves’: European newspapers blame Brexit for UK supply chain crisis
24/09/2021
Continent’s press liken situation to 1970s Winter of Discontent and ‘boycotted Cuba’.
US and European media give their verdict on the fuel, food and labour crisis they say is caused by Brexit
More than a third of executives cite Brexit as the ‘primary cause’ of the fuel crisis, a sign that a business backlash looms at the Conservative Party conference.
Next boss, thinktanks and unions criticise Boris Johnson, saying ‘shortages cannot be blustered away’
‘Brexit is responsible… there are no queues for fuel in France or Germany’ – UK Labour MP as troops are trained to deliver petrol supplies
29/09/2021
UK Labour frontbencher David Lammy has blamed Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal for the HGV driver shortage.
Lines of cars snake from gasoline stations. Fights break out among angry motorists trying to get fuel. Grocery staples are out of stock on store shelves. A charity warns that doubling heating bills will force a million households to rely on extra blankets to stay warm.
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.
Thousands of British petrol stations ran out of fuel due to panic buying on Monday, after days of long queues at pumps caused by the lorry driver shortage. Analysts say that, in addition to Covid, the speed of the Brexit process bears a lot of responsibility for the crisis...
‘Clear link’ between UK’s exit from EU and shortage of truck drivers, says former negotiator
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.
The Potential Nightmare Facing The UK If No-Deal Brexit And Second Coronavirus Wave Collide
23/08/2020
A leaked Cabinet Office document describes a possible disaster in the coming months.
The decision to limit immigration at a time of severe market shortages of drivers has escalated a squeeze into a crisis.
Boris Johnson believed to have overruled ministers unwilling to compromise on post-Brexit immigration as forecourt queues mount
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
Shortages are the only thing we don't seem to be running out of in the UK right now.
Britain has been outside the EU’s legal regime for a year and has faced a number of impacts.
Next, one of Britain’s biggest clothing retailers, warned it may struggle to deliver its normal service in the run up to Christmas unless the government relaxes post-Brexit immigration rules to allow more workers into the country.
Preparations being made at ‘every port and access point from Europe’, senior officer say.
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.
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.
The Bank of England governor also hit back at suggestions he is peddling 'Project Fear'.
With inflation set to rise, alongside the cost of shopping and transport, the economic fallout will squeeze Britons’ budgets.
IN September 2019, the UK Government made public its list of “reasonable worst case assumptions” in the wake of a no-deal Brexit.
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.