TUESDAY 20 AUGUST 2019PM rejects calls for Brexit
assessments to be released
The Tory leader visits a hospital in Cornwall yesterday (Getty)
BENJAMIN KENTISH
POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT
Boris Johnson has dismissed calls to immediately release official assessments on the impact of a no-deal
Brexit after labelling potential food and medicine shortages as just “bumps in the road”. Downing Street had
said that the leaked dossier on the impact of no deal – warning of shortages, possible recession and months
of chaos at ports – was outdated.
But Jeremy Corbyn said these claims “can’t be trusted” and that Operation Yellowhammer documents
should be released in full so that businesses and consumers can prepare. A government spokesperson