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The Prime Minister is chairing a meeting of the Government s Cobra civil contingencies committee today amid warnings of significant disruption around the Channel ports in Kent. Hauliers have been told to avoid the area as the end of the Brexit transition period looms on December 31. Meanwhile, Kent Police said they were implementing Operation Stack in a bid to ease potential congestion, while the Department for Transport said Manston Airport was also being prepared as another contingency measure.
Shapps says supermarket shelves won t empty for the most part
An airport is being opened as a car park and welfare area for trapped lorry drivers
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The public will not notice any disruption in terms of supermarket shortages “for the most part” as a result of France’s freight lorry ban, Grant Shapps said.