UK ramps up planning and logistics for no-deal Brexit
Ad campaigns will advise firms of necessary steps, with army preparing for contingencies
Britain’s defence secretary Gavin Williamson and attorney general Geoffrey Cox: plans include chartering ferries for supplies of food and medicines. Photograph: Facundo Arrizabalaga
Theresa May’s cabinet has agreed to ramp up planning for a no-deal Brexit, telling government departments to make contingency planning their top priority. The plans include chartering ferries for supplies of food and medicines and putting thousands of armed troops on standby to help with any disruption.
At the end of a 2½-hour meeting in Downing Street, ministers agreed to implement no-deal planning in full.