News / Yellowhammer paper confirms warnings of supply chain disruption after no-deal Brexit

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A newly released UK government paper has reignited fears that UK-continental Europe supply chains could face severe disruption if the UK crashes out of the EU without a deal. 

The Yellowhammer document, written at the beginning of August after the new exit deadline of 31 October was established, outlines the government’s “worst-case scenario” in the event of a no-deal Brexit and was made publicly available yesterday. 

It warns that although French authorities in Calais and other UK-facing ports have built the infrastructure ...