Breaking: The Govt is today pushing the button on every single one of its no-deal Brexit plans and implementing them all *in full*.

There are 320 workstreams across Whitehall on no-deal with each workstream likely containing numerous plans.

Seismic decision.

— Jack Maidment (@jrmaidment) December 18, 2018

Something else: The Government is also going to be telling citizens what they need to do ahead of no-deal.
Also: Civil servants will be working over Christmas to get all this no-deal stuff up and running before March 29, 2019.

— Jack Maidment (@jrmaidment) December 18, 2018

“…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".
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.

— Jack Maidment (@jrmaidment) December 18, 2018

Downing Street would not get into what the decision to implement all no-deal plans actually means on an item by item basis.
Info will come out in coming days and weeks. Means lots of big questions remain unanswered.

— Jack Maidment (@jrmaidment) December 18, 2018

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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