COUNCILLORS have called for more information on the risks of Brexit to Dudley as the government prepares to brief senior council officers on the impact of leaving the EU.

Members of the borough’s audit and standards committee have called for a report on the steps being taken to deal with the effects of Britain’s exit from the European Union in March.

Fears of a no deal have sparked concerns about possible shortages of fuel, drugs and food items.

In early November it was revealed town hall chiefs across the country had been told to plan for “reasonable worst case scenarios”.

Councillors in Dudley have now requested further information after hearing civil servants and officers from all of the region’s metropolitan councils will meet next week to hear possible contingency plans if the country leaves with no deal.

Alun Lunt, deputy executive of council, told the committee there was a great deal of uncertainty over what will happen and officers were now compiling possible risks.

“As we sit here today we have no idea what form Brexit will take”, he said.

“What we are doing as a corporate management team is looking at all the advice coming out of government and I will be attending a meeting next Thursday in Birmingham, arranged by the government, to talk about what we should be doing to put in safeguards in the event of a no deal Brexit.”

Speaking of the steps Dudley has taken, he added: “What we have done as an organisation is we have brought together a corporate group and each of the people will have specific specialisms and we have asked them to identify and highlight all of the risks related to their field of activity so we can coordinate that at corporate level and feed it back to the council and cabinet.”

The committee will  receive an update at their meeting in January.