No-deal Brexit: Operation Yellowhammer

Women against state pension inequality (WASPI) protest outside the Houses of Parliament in central London on March 13, 2019, as Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond presents the Spring Budget update. (Photo by AFP)

People in the UK are experiencing a period of uncertainty, as the UK’s divorce from the EU is approaching.

From British corporations and factories to retailers and individuals, everyone is suffering from Brexit uncertainty.

Surveys show total and export order books are both below normal rates. Twenty-eight percent of the manufacturers reported total order books to be below normal. Twenty-six percent reported the same for their export orders books.

But, Brexit is expected to hit the poor people first and the hardest. British elderly who suffer the worst poverty rate in Western Europe are in the front line. The low basic pension system combined with means-tested supplements have made them vulnerable to the economic aftermath of Brexit.

The case of British children is no better. About 700,000 children are in severe poverty, while some 70 percent of children are from working families.


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