Breaking: The Govt is today pushing the button on every single one of its no-deal Brexit plans and implementing them all *in full*.
— Jack Maidment (@jrmaidment) December 18, 2018
There are 320 workstreams across Whitehall on no-deal with each workstream likely containing numerous plans.
Seismic decision.
Something else: The Government is also going to be telling citizens what they need to do ahead of no-deal.
— Jack Maidment (@jrmaidment) December 18, 2018
Also: Civil servants will be working over Christmas to get all this no-deal stuff up and running before March 29, 2019.
“…This means we will now set in motion the remaining elements of our no-deal plans. Cabinet also agreed to recommend businesses now also ensure they are similarly prepared, enacting their own no-deal plans as they judge necessary…
— Jack Maidment (@jrmaidment) December 18, 2018
Downing Street reckons the number of new bills needed to make UK no-deal ready for March 29, 2019 is in "single figures".
— Jack Maidment (@jrmaidment) December 18, 2018
But the idea that you will be able to get multiple new pieces of legislation agreed in the space of less than three months is pretty laughable. 🦄
Downing Street would not get into what the decision to implement all no-deal plans actually means on an item by item basis.
— Jack Maidment (@jrmaidment) December 18, 2018
Info will come out in coming days and weeks. Means lots of big questions remain unanswered.
Jenny Chapman, Labour’s shadow Brexit minister: “A no deal Brexit would be a disaster for jobs, the economy and the border in Northern Ireland. It is simply not a viable option."
— Jack Maidment (@jrmaidment) December 18, 2018
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