DOWNING STREET ignored pleas by health chiefs to keep Britain in the European Union’s pandemic early warning system — because of Brexit.

A no-deal Brexit will be grim for patients. Yet gagging orders are being used to keep the truth from coming out.

The government has announced the plans – but hasn't decided what form of transport will be used.

The Government denied it could leave millions of EU citizens with healthcare bills and said it was committed to protecting their rights.