The Independent - 20.08.2019

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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    chaos at ports – was outdated.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.
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