The new advice could include warnings of huge disruption at ports and airports

Theresa May is to put the country on a no-deal Brexit footing this summer as she prepares a series of public warnings about the impact of leaving the European Union without agreement.

Consumers and companies will be given detailed advice in weekly “bundles” from the start of next week on how to prepare for “a disorderly Brexit”, under government plans.

Ministers have so far refused to expand on a commitment to release 70 technical notices on “no-deal” contingencies after the Chequers agreement on the next stage in negotiations with Brussels.

This morning Mrs May warned European leaders at a speech in Belfast that they needed to “evolve” their stance on Brexit, warning that previous positions were “unworkable”. The prime minister insisted that she would never