Gavin Williamson, defence secretary, announced on Tuesday that he was putting 3,500 armed forces personnel on standby to respond to a possible no-deal Brexit.
The government decided to ramp up no-deal planning and that the departments would be expected to make it their main priority.
Downing Street said it would be sending advice on no-deal contingencies to all UK businesses suggested they should begin implementing their own contingency plans as they saw fit. This will include despatching 80,000 emails to company executives explaining how to deal with customs and regulatory changes in the event of no deal.
Spokesman of Theresa May said the cabinet “agreed that delivering the deal that the prime minister agreed with Brussels remains the government’s top priority and our best no-deal mitigation”.
James Brokenshire, the communities secretary, stated on Tuesday it was “right and proper” for no-deal planning to be stepped up.
“We have been taking no-deal seriously for some considerable period,” he said. “I’m not going to pretend otherwise that we are stepping up our preparations for no-deal. Although, frankly the way to avoid that, as I’m sure others would say very clearly, is having parliament voting to secure that deal.”
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3,500 Troops Decided by No-Deal Brexit to Put on Standby
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