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Sunday newspaper round-up: Brexit, Lidl, Doncasters, Jamie Oliver, Arcadia Group, Standard Chartered
Britain faces shortages of fuel, food and medicine, a three-month meltdown at its ports, a hard border with Ireland and rising costs in social care in the event of a no-deal Brexit, according to an unprecedented leak of government documents that lay bare the gaps in contingency planning. The documents, which set out the most likely aftershocks of a no-deal Brexit rather than worst-case scenarios, have emerged as the UK looks increasingly likely to crash out of the EU without a deal.
Sunday newspaper round-up: Brexit, the Queen, French ports, RBS, Interserve, SSE, power cut
The Queen has privately expressed her disappointment in the current political class and its “inability to govern”, the Sunday Times reported. The monarch’s views have emerged as MPs threaten to drag her into the escalating Brexit crisis. It is among the starkest political statements the Queen is known to have made during a 67-year reign, when her views on the political climate have rarely been exposed. - The Sunday Times.
Sunday newspaper round-up: Boris' NHS pledge, Cobham, Uber, Brexit
Boris Johnson is to inject £1. 8bn into the NHS as part of his pledge to upgrade 20 hospitals across the country, it has emerged.