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No deal Brexit: The STAGGERING number of ways no deal Brexit could affect YOU


The UK’s departure date from the EU has been pushed back by at least two weeks after talks with EU leaders. Originally, Britain was due to exit the institution on March 29. During a summit in Brussels, the Prime Minister agreed that if she can get her withdrawal agreement backed by a majority of MPs next week, the exit date will be pushed back to May 22.

However, if Mrs May fail getting her already twice-defeated deal through Parliament, the UK will propose a way forward by April 12 for EU leaders to consider.

This means that as for now, all options are still open – including that of a no-deal scenario.

In the event of a no-deal Brexit, the UK will leave the institution across the pond without any plans for their future relationship.

The no-deal scenario would see Britain fall back on World Trade Organisation (WTO) tariffs and increase the price of imports and exports.

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Ways Brexit can affect you:

Food suppliers could run short

Food is being stockpiled by big chains including Lidl, KFC, M&S, Waitrose, Pret and Sainsbury’s incase Britain crash out of the EU without a deal.

In a joint warning with McDonalds and Asda, these chains wrote a letter in January, warning food supplies could run short because of disruption to the supply chain.

They wrote in a joint letter to MPs: “Our ability to mitigate these risks is limited. As prudent businesses we are stockpiling where possible, but all frozen and chilled storage is already being used and there is very little general warehousing space available in the UK.

“Retailers typically store no more than two weeks’ inventory and it becomes difficult to restock stores if the supply chain is disrupted.”

Unemployment could rise

Massive UK-based firms have already started moving jobs out of Britain and some are threatening do to so in a no-deal scenario.

Companies who have issued warnings include Airbus, Aviva, Barclays, Dyson, Ford, Goldman Sachs, Jaguar Land Rover, Philips and many others.

Experts have also issued warnings new investments are unlikely to come Britain’s way, hitting jobs for generations to come.

EU citizens in the UK could lose rights

There are currently more than three million EU citizens living in the UK.

The Government has already said EU citizens can apply for “settled status” whether there’s a Brexit deal or not, but in a no-deal scenario only EU citizens arriving before Britain leaves can apply.

Hospitals and pharmacies could start rationing medicine

Pharmacists have requested special powers to ration medicines in a no-deal Brexit.

37 million packs of medicines are currently imported to the UK from the EU every month, and the NHS has said it’s preparing to prevent supplies running dry.

Under plans by the Healthcare Distribution Association they can one issued speech powers to vary doctors’ prescriptions, offering something else if a drug is unavailable.

But NHS staff are also being “directed” to urge patients not to stockpile medicines personally to avoid shortages throughout the system.



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