No-deal Brexit dossier shows worst-case scenario - Gove
But a former head of the civil service, Lord Kerslake - who described the document as"credible" - said the dossier"lays bare the scale of the risks we are facing with a no-deal Brexit in almost every area".
The Irish backstop - the provision in former prime minister Theresa May's withdrawal agreement that could see Northern Ireland continue to follow some of the same trade rules as the Republic of Ireland and the rest of the EU, thus preventing a hard border - was an"insurance policy" designed to protect the peace process, he said.
"These reports are no surprise to those of us on this side of the Irish Sea who have been voicing our very real concerns on the consequences of a no-deal Brexit for a considerable period of time directly with the British government and the European Commission," she said. Mr Johnson is expected to say Parliament cannot and will not change the outcome of the 2016 EU referendum and will insist there must be a new deal to replace Mrs May's withdrawal agreement - defeated three times by MPs - if the UK is to leave the EU with a deal.
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