No deal Brexit papers published amid buzz over ‘deal lite’
The real buzz amongst ministers and officials in the last couple of weeks has been talk of how a “no deal” might be avoided with a “deal lite”.
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We speak to former Chancellor and Father of the House of Commons Ken Clarke.
“Be in no doubt, I am determined to deliver” my Brexit deal, Theresa May has told business leaders at the CBI conference.
The real buzz amongst ministers and officials in the last couple of weeks has been talk of how a “no deal” might be avoided with a “deal lite”.
On a visit to Coventry, the Chancellor said it showed the economy had “recovered sharply” – but weaker international demand for British goods means manufacturing has continued to slide.
The Lords has inflicted another heavy defeat on the government’s Brexit bill. Peers voted 354 to 235 for an amendment to the bill giving MPs a “meaningful vote” on the final Brexit deal. This issue will now be debated back in the commons on Wednesday. And the outgoing chairman of the business lobby group, the…
The report doesn’t spell out the threat of what might go wrong if the parallel worlds and forgotten inter-dependence themes continue but you sense that they worry a mounting anger amongst younger voters and disenchantment with the political system is not a political desirable even if you can’t be sure how far and how quickly it travels.
David Davis’ speech in Middlesbrough has not been helped by yesterday’s appearance of the EU guidelines for negotiating the Brexit transition. The speech is asking for some concessions from the EU27 which it looks like the government has already won. It’s a bit like the magician saying he’s going to produce the rabbit from the…
David Cameron’s been caught on camera at Davos saying: “Brexit has turned out less badly than we thought.” He describes it as a “mistake” and “not a disaster.” Brexit supporters in parliament and the press are already waving it as proof they were right all along and his referendum campaign was full of puffed up…
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Business leaders have warned they’ll have to start making contingency plans for the prospect of a no deal Brexit – with some firms already reallocating staff and investments to prepare for what they called “the unknown”. Theresa May told the CBI conference they would have plenty of time to make new arrangements but business leaders…
Parliamentarians will debate the EU Withdrawal Bill for the first time today. It’s been described as the ‘biggest constitutional change since the war’. FactCheck investigates.
The head of the CBI has said that Britain should stay in the single market beyond the deadline for leaving the EU in March 2019. That contradicts what the Prime Minister previously promised. But now that business leaders think that with Theresa May’s authority weakened, there’s a chance for them to have their say.
The EU treaties and the laws that flow from them will no longer apply to Britain two years from now.
Jeremy Corbyn may have cemented his position as Labour leader but the arguments continue over who holds sway in the party’s ruling committee.
It felt like a Lehman moment. A referendum result spiralling out of control.