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Stephen Barclay claimed the European Union will soon be caving to British demands to changes to the Brexit withdrawal agreement over economic concerns in EU member states. Mr Barclay said discussions with partners in Poland and Ireland signalled Brussels will agree to strike a deal with the UK before October 31 to avoid a trade deadlock at key border points in the UK and on the continent. Speaking to Sophy Ridge, the Brexit Secretary said: "I was discussing in Poland with the haulage industry, their poultry industry, 84,000 jobs in poultry.

"They were saying they don’t want to see any delays – if you have fresh poultry, any delay to that risks losing it. "There’s 1,200 Polish lorries on our roads so the EU countries don’t want to see any delays at Calais. "The Irish Government, 40 percent of their exports go through Dover, two-thirds of their own medicines go through Great Britain. They don’t want to see delays either." No deal Brexit forecasts the Government drafted suggested leaving the EU without a formal arrangement could cause severe delays at crucial border points like Dover and Folkestone due to the implementation of stricter checks on lorries coming in and out the UK. JUST IN: 'We will never forget this betrayal' Brexit Party warns Remainer MPs days are numbered

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Mr Barclay continued: "There’s a common interest across Europe, it’s not just the UK who wants to ensure the flow of goods through additional straits. "It’s also EU countries, whether it’s the truckers, the poultry businesses, whether it’s Poland or those supermarkets in Ireland. "There’s common interest there, we’re doing a huge amount of work to ensure we’ve got the right preparation in place. It’s prudent we prepare." Boris Johnson on Wednesday issued details of Operation Yellowhammer, the government's contingency plans for a no deal Brexit, after Parliament succeeded in passing a motion to force their publication. READ MORE: Faceless civil servant to decide future of Britain if Boris refuses to beg for more time

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The motion, which was carried with 311 votes to 302 after former Attorney-General Dominic Grieve tabled it, was the fifth loss in as many days for Boris Johnson. A leaked version of the Operation Yellowhammer document was published in early August, revealing possible shortages of food and medicines across the country. A senior reporter at the Sunday Times has suggested the documents have only slightly changed since she first saw them in August. Rosamund Urwin tweeted: "What's different about the new Yellowhammer document that the government has just published compared with the one I got hold of last month? The heading. DON'T MISS: Brexit bombshell: Brits have completely lost confidence in country’s MPs [POLL]

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