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BORIS JOHNSON has accused a group of anti-no deal MPs of undermining his negotiations with the EU and insiders have accused a member of the group of leaking the Yellowhammer document as Brexit negotiations intensify.
The document revealed civil servant concerns about no deal resulting in food and medicine shortages, which was leaked to The Sunday Times. As reported by The Daily Telegraph, Mr Johnson pointed out the plans in the document were drawn up by the previous Theresa May government and argued the leak resulted in a frustration of his exits to renegotiate Mrs May’s deal. Sources at Number 10 have blamed a group of ex-ministers led by Philip Hammond and David Gauke: “It has been deliberately leaked by a former minister in an attempt to influence discussions with EU leaders.
“Those obstructing preparation are no longer in Government, £2billion of extra funding has already made available and Whitehall has been stood up to actually do the work through the daily ministerial meetings.”
A spokesman for Mr Hammond said “it was absolutely not him” while Mr Guake was unable to be reached by The Telegraph.
The documents were marked “official sensitive” and thus not meant to be removed from departments, though the Cabinet Office did not confirm whether or not an inquiry could took place.
An insider close to the anti no-deal group has also said: “There is no negotiating strategy – and no serious plan for a no-deal. This is all about unelected ideologues at No 10 hell-bent on an undemocratic no-deal.”
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