May’s Brexit Deal 1) She says that the Cabinet reached a “collective decision” to agree the Draft Withdrawal Deal “Theresa May confronted her mutinous party with the threat of “no Brexit at all” after she forced her draft deal with the EU through a divided cabinet. Esther McVey, the welfare secretary, was believed to be […]
Brexit Decision Day 1) May to present deal to Cabinet amidst accusations of ‘betrayal’ “Theresa May will put her future in the hands of senior ministers today as she asks them to sign off a Brexit deal in the face of accusations of betrayal. The prime minister was trying to sell the divorce deal and […]
May says talks are nearing the endgame “Mrs May said in a speech at the Guildhall in London that EU and UK negotiators were “working extremely hard, through the night” to get a deal, while in Downing Street her officials briefed cabinet ministers on the latest state of talks. Although Mrs May wants to finalise […]
Johnson: The Cabinet ought to mutiny against May’s Brexit capitulation ‘Savour the full horror of this capitulation. Under Article 50, the UK is at least able in theory to leave the EU. We do not have to consult any other authority. But under these proposals we are agreeing that the EU would have a say […]
EU ‘turns off life support’ for May’s Brexit proposal ‘The prime minister had hoped to unite her cabinet and overcome the final hurdle in negotiations with the EU by offering to create an “independent mechanism” to oversee how the UK might leave a temporary customs arrangement if Brexit talks collapsed. But this weekend senior EU […]
Brexit 1) Jo Johnson resigns over “terrible mistake” of the terms being proposed “Theresa May’s domestic woes deepened last night after Jo Johnson resigned as a transport minister, declaring her approach to Brexit a failure on a scale not seen since Suez. Mr Johnson, who backed Remain in the 2016 referendum and is the brother […]
Brexit and the Union 1) May under siege from the DUP over border in the Irish Sea… “A Brussels plan to put a customs border in the Irish Sea if there is no Brexit agreement will be included in a divorce deal, a leaked letter from Theresa May suggests. The prime minister was accused last night of […]
Ministers demand to see legal advice behind May’s Brexit proposals “Theresa May appears to be edging closer to a Brexit deal after she showed Cabinet ministers a draft of a withdrawal agreement she intends to put to Brussels. Mrs May hopes they will rubber-stamp the proposal at a special Cabinet meeting in the next few days, but […]
Brexit 1) Brexiteers fear ‘secret deal’ as Downing Street plans ‘charm offensive’ “Theresa May was tonight accused of secretly lining up a Brexit deal behind the backs of her Cabinet after a leaked memo revealed detailed plans for selling the deal to the public. A three-week strategy leading up to a parliamentary vote includes daily “themed” […]
Cabinet “tensions” grow over Irish border… “Theresa May faces a Cabinet showdown with Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab after he privately accused Downing Street of undermining his attempts to solve the Irish border problem. Mr Raab’s office was forced to deny rumours that he was considering resigning after he wrote to the Prime Minister urging a change of […]
Brexit 1) The chance of a deal on the Irish border is 50/50, suggest EU officials “The chances of Theresa May striking a deal with Brussels on the Irish border that she can sell to the cabinet and parliament are said by EU officials to be “50-50” as the fraught talks enter their final stretch. […]
May’s “secret plan” is to “keep whole of Britain in a customs union”. There will be an “exit clause”. She’s also “on course to secure a deal on a Future Economic Partnership with the EU” “Theresa May’s secret plan to secure a Brexit deal and win the backing of parliament can be revealed today. Senior […]
Government considers plan to cut tuition fees “University tuition fees could be cut to £6,500 under proposals from a commission established by Theresa May to recommend higher education reforms. The move would cost the Treasury £3 billion a year and either lead to a cap on student numbers or leave universities with a third less […]
Crouch resigns over betting terminals as Government faces rebellion “Theresa May has suffered the resignation of her sports minister and been warned that she now faces a rebellion from up to 35 of her MPs over the Government’s decision to delay curbs on “crack cocaine” gambling machines. Tracey Crouch quit in protest at the “unjustifiable” decision to delay […]
Raab climbs down from hints at Brexit agreement… “Dominic Raab has been forced into an embarrassing climbdown after appearing to suggest that the UK’s increasingly fraught Brexit negotiations with the EU could be completed in three weeks’ time. The Brexit secretary admitted there was “no set date for the negotiations to conclude” three hours after a letter he […]