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		</div><p>Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has been accused of trying to “silence” road hauliers from raising concerns about a no-deal Brexit.</p>
<p>The Road Haulage Association, the trade body representing freight companies, said Mr Grayling threatened to stop involving the organisation after they communicated with the press following a private briefing with the Transport Secretary last August.</p>
<p>Mr Burnett said he felt Mr Grayling was “trying to silence an industry that’s trying to help Government guide them”.</p>
<p>He added: <em>“My sense of that message was – either shut up or you don’t engage.</em></p>
<p><em>“You either play ball with us or you won’t be part of the negotiations on behalf of the industry.”</em></p>
<p>The Road Haulage Association has acknowledged that discussions with the Government have continued after the voicemail message was sent.</p>
<p>A Department for Transport spokesman said: <em>“The RHA has been heavily involved in our EU exit preparatory work and we will continue to involve them at every stage of our planning.</em></p>
<p><em>“It is extremely unfortunate when details of private conversations held in confidence are made public in a press release.”</em></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Business still left unprepared for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NoDealBrexit?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NoDealBrexit</a>. We call on Govt for clear guidance on new processes for trucks and goods crossing borders: <a href="https://t.co/sq9Xt9Kw3O">https://t.co/sq9Xt9Kw3O</a> <a href="https://t.co/ZV1OJoV2gz">pic.twitter.com/ZV1OJoV2gz</a></p>
<p>&mdash; RHA News (@RHANews) <a href="https://twitter.com/RHANews/status/1146745819808317441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 4, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The documentary will also feature an interview with the former permanent secretary at the Department for Exiting the European Union, Philip Rycroft, who told BBC Panorama that a no-deal Brexit is something the public should be “worried” about.</p>
<p>Mr Rycroft said: <em>“I think everybody should be worried about what happens in a no-deal situation. We would be taking a step into the unknown.”</em></p>
<p>He added: <em>“It’s not in the UK’s interest to have no-deal, it’s not in the EU’s interest to have a no-deal.</em></p>
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<p><em>“The rational outcome over the next few months is to get a deal because that is overwhelmingly in the economic interest of both the EU and the UK.”</em></p>
<p>Mr Rycroft was in charge of Brexit planning for 18 months before stepping down just before the March Brexit deadline.</p>
<p>He said there are around “16,000 civil servants whose jobs are dedicated to Brexit-related issues”, in what he calls “an unprecedented situation” and “the biggest exercise across Government we’ve seen over the last few decades”.</p>
<p>He added: <em>“The planning I think is in good shape, absolutely… but of course what that doesn’t mean is that there won’t be an impact from Brexit, and particularly a no-deal Brexit, because that is a very major change and it would be a very abrupt change to our major trading relationship.”</em></p>
<p>The programme will also look at security concerns related to Brexit.</p>
<p>Assistant Chief Constable, Tim Mairs, of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), warned Brexit could provide a recruitment “opportunity” for the New IRA and other dissident paramilitary groups.</p>
<p>He said: <em>“We know that the New IRA and other groups continue to recruit people and we believe that Brexit provides an opportunity for them to encourage people to recruit.”</em></p>
<p>He added that currently, the PSNI does not see any upsurge in recruitment or violence being driven specifically by Brexit.</p>
<p>Asst Con Mairs also explained the fears that potential price differences on the border created by tariffs could create “new opportunities” for organised crime groups to exploit.</p>
<p>He said: <em>“We would see, traditionally, connections between some of those groups and more violent groups.”</em></p>
<p>He added: <em>“The potential impact of a no-deal on the economy in Northern Ireland is significant and that would, in our view, present potentially significant security concerns moving into the future.”</em></p>
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