The government is delaying plans to unveil an emergency financial support package for farmers and small business owners that could be seriously hurt if Brexit takes place without a deal.

The measures developed are aimed at providing much-needed assistance to farming communities, especially the meat industry, which could be on the verge of destruction if Great Britain leaves the EU.

Nevertheless, due to the ongoing chaos over Brexit in the British Parliament, the Cabinet of Ministers decided to postpone plans to announce an emergency package. Yesterday the government decided that the prepared package of financial measures should not be discussed by ministers in the cabinet this afternoon, as originally planned. A senior source said the government wants to see the Brexit “seriousness” that the country is facing before publishing support.

“We want to see how events will develop in the coming days, before we decide how much money may be needed to support,” the source said. The assistance package of hundreds of millions of euros in question is aimed at supporting and protecting income, and also jobs in the most vulnerable sectors of the economy, especially in the agri-food sector, and is also aimed at helping other enterprises and exporters to reorient themselves from the UK markets to other markets.