Official no-deal document confirms government planning for delays, disruption and disorder

Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Even after that time traffic flows may reach only 50-70 per cent of current flow levels and delays could continue for “significantly longer”; Disruption in the ports will cause “significant” queues in Kent and other routes to France and will have an impact on the supply of medicines and medical supplies; There will not be “an overall shortage of food” in the UK, but the choice of products will reduce and prices increase. It’s in the long term when the real damage will be done.” The six-page Operation Yellowhammer document contains a short passage which has been blacked out, understood to contain warnings that government policies on 0 per cent petrol import tariffs after Brexit will “inadvertently” lead to big financial losses for the industry and the closure of two refineries with around 2,000 direct job losses. Across the UK, public and business readiness for no deal will be “at a low level”, partly due to “increasing EU Exit fatigue” resulting from repeated delays to Brexit day. Up to 282 EU and EEA fishing vessels could enter UK waters illegally on day one, causing “anger and frustration” among British fishermen which could lead to “clashes” between boats.