
Nicky Morgan: Our report on Alternative Arrangements holds the key to leaving the EU at last – and avoiding a general election
Those preparing to block No Deal should add our final report, to be released this week, to their summer reading list.
Those preparing to block No Deal should add our final report, to be released this week, to their summer reading list.
There has been no consultation with those who live in the part of the UK that these changes would affect.
We should make it clear that further attempts to encroach on Hong Kong’s freedoms and rule of law would have consequences for China.
He has a clear plan to leave the EU, and as a former Brexit Secretary I can say that it is credible and has my support.
The Commission which drew up the report will publish alongside it next month a Draft Alternative Arrangements Protocol.
So how are we going to get a new deal? The key is to build strong relationships, both across the Party, with our DUP allies, and with our European partners.
There are real, viable answers to this sticky problem. But rebuilding trust may be as hard as resolving technical questions.
But the Commons has dug in against the Withdrawal Agreement. These immovable obstacles seemingly point in only one direction: a general election.
A general election is rolling down the tracks. And he is the man best placed to see off Corbyn and Farage.
None of what follows is impossible and, if there is a common thread, it is the self-interest of MPs in avoiding an election before leaving the EU.
He’s a respected, experienced former Chief Whip – without the baggage of having sat around the Cabinet table during the past three years.
“No infrastructure on the border, because I believe passionately in that. It is necessary for our Union.”
EU VAT harmonisation rules require tampons and other sanitary products to be taxed at a minimum of five per cent.
If you are sceptical, I understand. I was too. But this is the only viable way forward.
Through tax competition, we could truly have a real Northern Powerhouse and give cities in the north a fairer chance against London and the south east.