Civil servants across Whitehall have been instructed to ramp up their emergency no-deal planning, with preparations including hiring staff for a 24-hour “emergency centre”.
Defra also confirms enforcing NDAs despite Theresa May’s criticism of such contracts.
Exclusive: recruiters told military-style operation could stay open for two years.
Food industry warns Gove on Brexit 'crisis'
11/02/2019
The UK food industry has threatened to stop co-operating with government policy consultations, saying it is busy trying to stave off the "catastrophic impact" of a no-deal Brexit.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has advised that should the UK leave the EU next year without a deal, there would be important implications for pet owners wishing to travel overseas with their animals from 30 March 2019.
Brexit to put 1m penguins at risk as Falklands loses EU funding for conservation, Islands minister warns
03/08/2018
Island ministers 'yet to see any firm proposals' on UK replacement funding.
No-deal Brexit panic after ministers realise the UK doesn't have the right pallets for exporting to the EU
26/02/2019
The UK government is due to hold emergency talks with industry leaders today after discovering that the country doesn't have the right pallets to continue exporting goods to the European Union if it crashes out without a deal next month.
Government officials hold talks after they realise UK has shortage of the right pallets.
Environment Secretary Michael Gove’s department moves two thirds of staff to work on Brexit
31/03/2019
Environment Secretary Michael Gove’s department moves two thirds of staff to work on Brexit. / More than two thirds of staff working at the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) have been assigned Brexit-related roles.
Officials responsible for UK food supply now working 24/7 despite Theresa May's push for a Brexit delay.
Analysis finds changes such as removal of blanket ban on hormone-disrupting chemicals. / The UK has been accused of “silently eroding” key environmental and human health protections in the Brexit-inspired rush to convert thousands of pages of European Union pesticide policy into British law.
Soil Association raises concerns over chlorinated chicken and hormone-fed beef.
EU subsidy loss 'could wipe out farms'
09/07/2019
With three months to go before the UK could leave the European Union (EU), farmers say they still face uncertainty about future subsidy levels. / "We could be wiped out like the coal industry."
The UK government is yet to respond to a request by the food industry to waive parts of competition law so that companies can cooperate after a no-deal Brexit to mitigate food shortages.
The UK food industry has asked the government to waive aspects of competition law to allow firms to co-ordinate and direct supplies with each other after a no-deal Brexit.
Some 45,000 dairy cows could be culled in Northern Ireland, in the event of a no-deal Brexit if new higher tariffs are applied to British milk, senior industry figures have warned.
There is "a lot of uncertainty" about the UK's capacity to patrol fishing waters after a no-deal Brexit, a government memo mistakenly emailed to the BBC has revealed.
Secret Brexit legislation around environmental protections ‘must be revealed by government’
12/08/2019
‘Releasing information for public scrutiny is a key pillar of our democracy,’ says Greenpeace
Civil servants in the Cabinet Office will run a new unit to tackle 'misleading' stories about no deal Brexit.
Legal school meal nutrition standards may need to be amended, or discarded, in the event of a no-deal Brexit, according to internal local council planning documents seen by the BBC.
A no-deal Brexit could cost the farming industry £850m a year in lost profits, new research seen by the BBC suggests.
FOI request from Green MP Caroline Lucas denied on grounds it would threaten EU negotiations
How Much Has Brexit Actually Cost The UK?
31/01/2020
We looked at breakdowns by analysts and the government on the money spent so far, and the estimates on what is still to come.
The U.K. government has spent at least 4.4 billion pounds ($5.7 billion) preparing for Brexit since the 2016 referendum, according to figures released by the National Audit Office.