EXCLUSIVE. DexEU’s Alternative Brexit White Paper – Canada Plus Plus Plus. 5) Services and investment
The fifth extract from the fullest draft of the proposals that were put together by the Department for Exiting the European Union.
EXCLUSIVE. DexEU’s Alternative Brexit White Paper – Canada Plus Plus Plus. 4) Mobility framework
The fourth extract from the fullest draft of the proposals that were put together by the Department for Exiting the European Union.
EXCLUSIVE. DexEU’s Alternative Brexit White Paper – Canada Plus Plus Plus. 3) Governance and political oversight of the future relationship
The third extract from the fullest draft of the proposals that were put together by the Department for Exiting the European Union.
EXCLUSIVE. DexEU’s Alternative Brexit White Paper – Canada Plus Plus Plus. 2) Agricultural, food, and fish products. Outcome equivalence.
The second extract from the fullest draft of the proposals that were put together by the Department for Exiting the European Union.
EXCLUSIVE. The Alternative Brexit White Paper. A draft from DexEU. 1) Mutual recognition, not ongoing harmonisation.
The first extract from the fullest draft of the proposals that were put together by the Department for Exiting the European Union – published today on ConservativeHome.
Caulfield and Bradley resign as Party Vice Chairs – “I cannot defend this course to my electorate”
Both gave Downing Street the opportunity to assuage their concerns about Chequers, but still found the policy unacceptable.
Candidate applications open for next target seats: Bedford and Ipswich
There are early signs of a common profile of the seats chosen as targets.
Mini-reshuffle: Hunt to Foreign Office. Hancock to Health. Wright to DCMS.
Geoffrey Cox becomes Attorney General.
“Brexit should be about opportunity and hope” – Johnson and May exchange letters
“I would like to place on record my appreciation for the service you have given,” she replies.
Heaton-Harris and Malthouse promoted to replace Baker and Raab
Downing Street sends a not-very-subtle message in its choice of successors in the mini-reshuffle.
The full text of the resignation correspondence between Baker and May
“I cannot support this policy with the sincerity and resolve which will be necessary,” he says in his letter to the Prime Minister.
The Brexit Secretary’s resignation letter: I have become “a reluctant conscript” not “an enthusiastic believer in your approach”
‘The inevitable consequence of the proposed policies will be to make the supposed control by Parliament illusory rather than real.’
May’s response to Davis: “I do not agree with your characterisation of the policy we agreed at Cabinet on Friday”
“I am sorry that the Government will not have the benefit of your continued expertise and counsel as we secure this deal and complete the process of leaving the EU.”
“We avoid friction in terms of trade, which protects jobs and livelihoods, as well as meeting our commitments in Northern Ireland.” May’s statement after the Chequers meeting.
We don’t yet know Brexiteer Cabinet members’ take.
Harmonisation on goods. Flexibility for services. UK management of EU tariffs in Britain. Government Brexit Chequers proposal. Full text.
Plus “due regard paid to EU case law in areas where the UK continues to apply a common rulebook”.