Britain might face a sperm shortage and consumers could face higher credit card fees in the event of a no-deal Brexit, the Government says today.

Expatriate Britons could find that they cannot access their bank accounts while cigarette manufacturers will have to find new health images because the current ones are copyrighted by the European Union.

Two dozen papers published by the Government set out for the first time the risks to the UK if Britain leave the European Union without an exit deal.

Dominic Raab, the Brexit secretary, said the papers would put to rest some of the scare stories about a no-deal exit from the EU - such as a shortage of ingredients to make a BLT (bacon, lettuce and tomato) sandwich or the deployment of the army on the streets.

Mr Raab said today: "Let me reassure you all that, contrary to one of the wilder claims, you will still be able to enjoy a BLT after Brexit.

"And there are no plans to deploy the army to maintain food supplies."

Sperm

British men could be forced to produce more sperm to meet a shortfall in imports for UK-based sperm banks from Denmark.

The papers say: “The UK imports donated sperm, primarily from commercial sperm banks in the USA and Denmark.