Brexit 1) Whitehall “proposes £36bn figure” for EU divorce “Britain is prepared to pay up to £36 billion to the EU to settle the so-called Brexit divorce bill, the Sunday Telegraph can reveal Senior Whitehall officials have concluded that such an offer – the first time a precise figure has been proposed – is the only […]
Timothy warns Tories not to retreat into their comfort zone after shock electoral setback “Timothy believes the Party must return to a message of change to avoid an even worse result at the next general election. He says: “Overall the lesson of the election for the party and for the Government cannot be ‘Oh well, […]
Gove “alarms British fishermen” with EU access comments “Michael Gove has reportedly told European fishermen they will still be able to catch “large amounts” in British waters after Brexit. The Environment Secretary is said to have told fishermen during a trip to Denmark that Britain’s fish industry is too small to process all the fish itself. According to […]
EU 1) Duncan Smith urges May to sack anti-Brexit trade envoys “Theresa May was last night urged to sack four British trade envoys who have spoken out against Brexit. Former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith said it was ‘absurd’ for those who were ‘viscerally opposed to Brexit’ to represent the UK during trade negotiations. David Cameron appointed a cross-party network of […]
EU 1) Tories now seen as ‘more divided than Labour’ “Following the Cabinet infighting after Theresa May’s snap General Election, the public now view the Conservatives as more divided than Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party, according to a poll by YouGov. The proportion of people who view the Tories as a divided party has soared from 29 per […]
Rudd: We don’t want to ban encryption, but we do want to see people’s messages ‘Encryption plays a fundamental role in protecting us all online. It is key to growing the digital economy, and delivering public services online. But, like many powerful technologies, encrypted services are used and abused by a small minority of people. […]
Hunt to announce rebalancing of mental and physical healthcare “The mental health workforce is to gain 21,000 new posts treating an extra million patients a year to help deliver Theresa May’s promised “revolution” in the sector, the Government has announced. Jeremy Hunt today reveals his plan to redress the “historic imbalance” between physical and mental health by 2021, which has […]
Fox: I haven’t agreed a transition plan that involves continued free movement ‘The international trade secretary, Liam Fox, has caused a fresh cabinet rift over immigration by insisting that the continuation of free movement after 2019 would “not keep faith” with the referendum result. In an interview with The Sunday Times, Fox dismissed claims that […]
Brexit 1) Transition must end by 2022 says Hammond “Any “transitional deal” in the period after Brexit must end by June 2022, the time of the next general election, Philip Hammond has said. But the chancellor said there must be “business as usual, life as normal” for Britons as the UK left the EU. “Many […]
Brexit 1) Irish want ‘sea border’ with Britain “Leo Varadkar, the Republic of Ireland’s prime minister, is pushing for the Irish Sea to become the post-Brexit border with the UK after warning Mrs May that her plan was doomed and would jeopardise the peace process. British officials were said to be taken aback by Dublin’s […]
Brexit 1) Rudd plans ‘census’ of EU workers “A census-style survey of every EU worker is being launched by Home Secretary Amber Rudd today – but signalled that the UK would not take back full border control on Brexit day. She has told an independent panel to carry out the most comprehensive assessment ever of the role of […]
Fallon says May has Cabinet’s support ‘at the moment’ “Theresa May has the loyalty of her Cabinet “at the moment”, the Defence Secretary has said as he ruled out a bid for the leadership. Sir Michael Fallon said that he hoped that Mrs May would survive as Prime Minister after she led the Tories to a […]
Fox amongst the chickens in Washington at first meeting of US-UK trade group “Liam Fox was on Monday challenged to eat a US-style chlorinated chicken in public after he argued against letting a media obsession with food standards undermine transatlantic trade negotiations. Campaign group Open Britain threw down the gauntlet to the UK’s international trade […]
May will stay for two more years, predict Clarke and Heseltine… “Theresa May has at least two years left in Downing Street, two Tory grandees predicted after weeks of speculation about her ability to survive in office. Lord Heseltine, the former deputy prime minister, said the next election would probably be held in 2019, which […]
Observer reports poll echoing ConHome’s: members keenest for Davis to replace May, but race is open “David Davis is the preferred choice among Tory members to replace Theresa May as leader, but the race is wide open, according to the most comprehensive measure of party opinion since its disastrous election campaign. The Brexit secretary was identified by […]