No-deal Brexit could trigger law and order challenges

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No-deal Brexit could trigger 'law and order challenges'

Document highlights what crashing out of the EU 'could look like on the ground'.

Brexit: Worst case scenario document

Date - 2nd August 2019
By - Nick Hudson - Police Oracle

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Policing faces "potential law and order challenges" with the risk of operational gaps emerging in the days following a no-deal Brexit, a leaked Government document claims. The slide, prepared for ministers, also warns of security issues...

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