Govt stands down no-deal Brexit planning despite PM election pledge
She tells senior figures in other departments that"new spending" for plans to leave without a deal this month"should not be authorised" and staff deployed to other departments to work on it"should now remain in their home departments."
The prime minister was asked about the Yellowhammer plans during the election campaign and said that if he won and Brexit happened before January 31,"those preparations would be extremely valuable" for a later date.He told an audience that it was right to"keep [them] in a state of readiness" as the government tries to negotiate a free-trade deal by the end of this year, adding:"Of course preparations will remain extant, there's no reason to dismantle them.
Experts say the plan to stand down the contingency preparations for 31 January makes sense, given that contracts to keep medicines in refrigerated warehouses and bring in emergency fuel supplies will not be needed., the plan to cope with lorry queues in Kent, has also been officially stood down in the past few days.
"The Conservatives have got a big majority and the Lords won't stand in the way of passing something so central to the government's platform.
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