Boris Johnson will hold a press conference later today to try and dispel fears about the UK’s food supply in the run up to Christmas and to outline his response to countries around the world enforcing travel bans on the UK public.
The press conference will follow a meeting of the Cobra emergency committee convened after France closed its borders to the UK causing disruption to the delivery of Christmas fresh food supplies and also the exports of UK food and drink to mainland Europe.
France’s transport minister Jean-Baptiste Djebbari indicating that its ban on hauliers crossing the Channel is set to end once the EU agrees bloc-wide measures “to ensure that movement from the UK can resume”.
A time has yet to be confirmed for the briefing, however the Downing Street briefing is expected to be at 5:00pm.
