# Civil society organisations co-sign letter to Boris Johnson on no-deal Brexit concerns

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/08/29/civil-society-organisations-co-sign-letter-to-boris-johnson-on-no-deal-brexit-concerns/
- Published: 2019-08-29T12:00:01+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Over 85 civil society organisations from across the UK including charities and
sector bodies have co-signed a letter to the Prime Minister over their grave concerns
of the impact of a no-deal Brexit.**

ACEVO, WCVA, Human Rights Consortium, Inclusion Scotland, and Locality are among
the co-signatories.

The letter expresses their serious concerns about how a no-deal exit will be a direct
threat to the peace process in Northern Ireland, regression of rights and standards,
the uncertainty of the future, and a lack of adequate engagement and support from
the government.

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It warns that business, civil society and communities across the UK are not ready
for a no-deal exit, that there is insufficient time to replace EU agencies that 
monitor and ensure compliance with the law, and that:

> “Legislation to accommodate a no-deal scenario will be rushed through Parliament
> with little to no scrutiny from MPs and civil society. Neither is there enough
> time to put in place the necessary common frameworks to guarantee that devolution
> is respected.”

Urging the government to work with civil society, it states:

> “Civil society faces the same Brexit related impacts and uncertainties as business,
> and yet we have not had adequate support, resources and engagement from the government.
> We urge you to better engage with civil society, including across the devolved
> nations, throughout the next stages of the Brexit process.”

The letter can be read in full on the [ACEVO site](https://www.acevo.org.uk/news/acevo-co-signs-letter-no-deal-brexit).

 

> Charity leaders warn that prorogation risks eroding democratic accountability –
> we have released a joint statement on the prorogation of parliament[https://t.co/oj0xoG3AOv](https://t.co/oj0xoG3AOv)
> — ACEVO (@ACEVO) [August 29, 2019](https://twitter.com/ACEVO/status/1167050757918662657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

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