Tag: David Jones

• Wednesday, May 2nd 2018 - 08:36 UTC

  No peace for PM May: Brexiteer MPs deliver an ultimatum on customs union

  

  Senior Brexiteer MPs have delivered an “ultimatum” demanding Prime Minister Theresa May drops one of the government's preferred post-Brexit customs options. A 30-page document passed to the BBC says a “customs partnership” would make meaningful trade deals “impossible” and render the International Trade Department “obsolete”.

• Thursday, October 12th 2017 - 11:50 UTC

  PM May: UK will spend whatever necessary to prepare for Brexit, including a no-deal scenario

  

  The British government will spend whatever is necessary to make sure the UK is ready for Brexit, Downing Street has said. A No 10 spokesman said £250m of new money had been allocated this year to prepare for leaving the EU, “including the possibility of a no-deal scenario.”