The Independent - 20.08.2019

TUESDAY 20 AUGUST 2019 WWW.INDEPENDENT.CO.UK

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The prime minister yesterday visits a Cornwall hospital where he dismissed fears on crashing out of the EU

Johnson refuses to reveal no-

deal preparations

Medicine and food shortages just bumps in the road, says PM

BENJAMIN KENTISH

POLITICAL

CORRESPONDENT

Boris Johnson last night dismissed

calls to immediately release official

assessments on the impact of a no-

deal Brexit after labelling potential

food and medicine shortages as

“bumps in the road”. Downing

Street had said that the leaked

dossier on the impact of no deal

• warning of shortages, a
  possible recession and months of
  chaos at ports – was outdated.
  But Jeremy Corbyn said these
  claims “can’t be trusted” and the
  documents, from the
  government’s

Operation Yellowhammer

preparations, should be released

in full so businesses and

consumers can prepare. The PM

also yesterday refused to heed

the demands of more than 100

MPs to recall parliament before

the end of summer recess to

tackle the impending disorderly

exit.