Military

British Army could help run councils in No Deal Brexit scenario, according to Operation Yellowhammer

The British Army could be drafted in to help run local councils and calculate taxes in the event of a crash-out Brexit, according to new analysis of Operation Yellowhammer.
Snippets of the hush-hush Whitehall dossier, outlining UK planning in the event of No Deal, have been leaked to the public by the national media in recent months.
Now fresh scrutiny of a 'hard Brexit' - which some consider the worst case scenario - reveals how councils would be forced to quickly change the way they work.
According to Private Eye, thousands of civil servants working for local authorities up and down the country would be deployed to Westminster to cope with a swell in administrative duties to prevent chaos at the Dover and Irish borders and speed up port checks.
The British Army - including territorial volunteers - would then in turn be deployed to run town halls and perform civil servant duties; including but not limited to the delivery of everyday public services and sorting through council tax payments.