MONDAY 19 AUGUST 2019Leak reveals food, fuel and
medicine shortages now
expected by government
Long delays for lorries are laid out in the leaked documents (PA)
ROB MERRICK
DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR
Food, fuel and medicine shortages will quickly follow a no-deal Brexit which will trigger three months of
border chaos, leaked government documents admit.
The dossier also warns that new border checks would be needed in Ireland – contradicting repeated denials
that the red line, risking the return of terrorism, would be crossed.