Theresa May’s Chequers compromise to result in ‘softest possible Brexit’ July 4, 2018 Theresa May's "third way" on the UK's future relationship with the EU is looking increasingly likely to steal elements from both customs options as she hopes to end the divisions among her Cabinet team at Chequers this Friday. City A.M. understands it will take much from the so-called max fac option, beloved of Brexiters, which [...]
Exclusive: Fresh Cabinet split surfaces over post-Brexit immigration system July 3, 2018 New battle lines have been drawn within Theresa May’s Cabinet over Britain's post-Brexit immigration system, stoking divisions even further and presenting the Prime Minister with yet another headache. Home secretary Sajid Javid is understood to have dropped one of two models being considered under his predecessor, which would have favoured EU citizens by effectively granting [...]
BCC and City of London urge government to come together and deliver on Brexit July 3, 2018 Pressure is building on Theresa May to bring her Cabinet together and sign off the UK's position on Brexit after divisions were laid bare again yesterday. Yesterday three ministers publicly slapped down Jacob Rees-Mogg for threatening to rebel if May did not stick to her existing positions of leaving the Single Market and customs union [...]
Brexit: UK’s services sector pleads for mutual recognition deal in letter to Prime Minister July 3, 2018 Some of the biggest firms in the UK's services sector have written to the Prime Minister, urging her to secure a future trade deal that puts mutual recognition at its heart. The letter, coordinated by the Professional and Business Services Council and signed by the likes of KPMG and Deloitte, Allen & Overy and Clifford [...]
Exclusive: Fresh Cabinet divisions appear over post-Brexit immigration system July 2, 2018 New battle lines have been drawn within Theresa May’s Cabinet over Britain's post-Brexit immigration system, stoking divisions even further and presenting the Prime Minister with yet another headache. Home secretary Sajid Javid is understood to have dropped one of two models being considered under his predecessor, which would have favoured EU citizens by effectively granting [...]
Brexit: Norway or bust for trade deal, Cabinet ministers told ahead of Chequers away day July 2, 2018 The government must accept an off-the-shelf trade deal with the European Union, most likely the Norway-style EEA option, Theresa May's chief Brexit negotiator has warned. Olly Robbins, who has been meeting with his EU counterparts regularly in place of Brexit secretary David Davis, has told Cabinet ministers there was no chance of striking a bespoke [...]
Deliver Brexit as promised or risk revolt, Eurosceptic backbencher Jacob Rees-Mogg warns July 2, 2018 Eurosceptic backbencher Jacob Rees-Mogg has delivered another ultimatum to Theresa May, warning of outright rebellion among his colleagues unless the Prime Minister delivers the Brexit she promised from the outset. The arch Brexiter and leader of the European Research Group has warned that Conservative MPs would vote against the final withdrawal agreement if the UK [...]
Hbos Reading: Treasury Select Committee joins calls for further transparency over ‘shocking’ fraud case June 27, 2018 A second group of MPs have weighed into the Hbos Reading fraud case, following last week's explosive report, demanding "maximum transparency" over what took place. The Treasury Committee chair Nicky Morgan has written to Dame Linda Dobbs, who is currently carrying out an independent review of the case, saying the Committee expects to receive the [...]
Chequers Brexit meeting to result in ‘softest of hard Brexits’ as full Cabinet tips balance away from pro-Leave ministers June 27, 2018 Next week's crunch meeting to thrash out a final position on the customs union is likely to result in "the softest of hard Brexits" after the balance has been shifted away from favouring government's most ardent Brexiters. While it had originally been planned as a two-day overnight stay at the grace-and-favour Buckinghamshire mansion, the first [...]
Boris Johnson stands by ‘f*** business’ comments by suggesting they were aimed at lobbyists June 26, 2018 Boris Johnson has failed to deny reports he said "f*** business", instead suggesting his comments were aimed at lobbyists. The foreign secretary was accused of uttering the four-letter word to dismiss an EU diplomat's concerns about how firms would continue to trade after Brexit. According to The Telegraph he was speaking with Belgium’s ambassador to [...]
