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Labour demands Parliament be recalled immediately
No 10’s no-deal contingency plan ‘reveals an absolute catastrophe for our country,’ shadow transport secretary says

LABOUR demanded today that Parliament be recalled immediately after internal government documents were released showing a no-deal Brexit would be “catastrophic.”

No 10’s no-deal contingency planning, codenamed Operation Yellowhammer, warns of delays in importing medicines and disruption at ports and borders.

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace insisted the papers represented a “worst case scenario” and that the government was working “every day” to mitigate the potential effects.

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