BREAKING: 3,500 army troops on standby for NO DEAL Brexit

Tuesday, December 18, 2018
By Paul Martin

THE ARMY has 3,500 troops “held at readiness” in the case of a no deal Brexit, Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has said.

By Sophie Jones
DailyStar.co.uk
18th December 2018

Speaking in the Commons, he said: “We’ve as yet not had any formal request from any Government department but what we are doing is putting contingency plans in place, and what we will do is have 3,500 service personnel held at readiness – including regulars and reserves – in order to support any Government department on any contingencies they may need.”

Mr Williamson was replying to Tory MP for Colchester Will Quince, who asked him if there had been approaches from other Government departments about using the UK’s “world-class armed forces personnel in the event of a no-deal Brexit”.

Theresa May has faced vitriolic opposition to her proposed Brexit EU deal, surviving a no confidence vote from her own Conservative Party last week.

Communities Secretary James Brokenshire told the BBC there would be “consequences” of a no-deal Brexit.

He added “a lot of work” was going into minimising the disruption, if it happened.

“We have been taking ‘no deal’ seriously for quite some considerable period,” he told BBC Radio 4’s Today.

“It’s not what we want to do, it’s not what we still expect to do… but I think it is right and proper that we maintain our work on preparing for no deal, however reluctantly.”

Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay said the “tempo” of guidance from Government to businesses and households on how to prepare for a no-deal exit from the EU would increase.

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