Theresa May at the EU summit on Wednesday (Image: GETTY)
Cabinet Secretary Mark Sedwill told the civil service to “wind down” their ‘worst case scenario’ no deal planning after the news of the delay come through. Brexiteer Tory Crispin Blunt exclaimed that this represented a “complete betrayal” of the referendum, adding that it is a “dereliction of duty”. A Government source told the Daily Telegraph while the “doomsday” contingencies, Operation Yellowhammer, were being shelved, other plans will stay in place.
Details of no deal planning being wound down emerged in an email from a senior civil servant obtained by Sky News.
The correspondence said: “In common with the rest of the Government, we have stood down out no deal operational planning with immediate effect.
“This morning, at a meeting chaired by the Cabinet Secretary, we agreed that the objective is to ensure we wind down our no deal planning in a careful, considered and orderly way.”
Mrs May has repeatedly said no deal is now off the table, as it was rejected in
