The council is making great strides with our health and voluntary sector partners. But the barriers to innovation imposed centrally must be lifted.
“I would like to place on record my appreciation for the service you have given,” she replies.
The Eurosceptic backbencher tells the Prime Minister that “for the first time in ten years” his local grassroots refused to campaign on Saturday.
No clearer signal could be sent that the Haltemprice and Howden MP is out on his own. But the promotion will lose Raab some friends even as it delivers a new gain in status.
He explains that as Brexit Secretary he couldn’t take responsibility for advancing a new policy in which he didn’t believe.
The question this morning is whether Johnson, who fundamentally disagrees with May’s new Brexit policy no less, will also go – along with other Cabinet dissenters.
‘The inevitable consequence of the proposed policies will be to make the supposed control by Parliament illusory rather than real.’
“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.”
They risk a reputation of betraying the largest vote in British history.
Steve Baker follows him out, in a dual blow for the Prime Minister’s already embattled proposals.
“My understanding is that this was a light-hearted jokey remark of the kind for which Boris is famous.”
The Labour leader plays it cautious – saying that “we don’t know exactly what this plan means yet”.
“Javid is anxious to have a modern new immigration system that delivers for this country – and that’s a separate issue.”
This is not all about him. It is about the kind of country which the UK is going to become.