Comments come as talks with Labour due to continue and Leadsom urges Merkel to reopen withdrawal deal Follow the day’s Brexit developments - live updatesTwo cabinet ministers gain broken ranks to warn against moves by Theresa May towards a softer Brexit,with Liam Fox telling Conservative MPs that a customs union would be the “worst of both worlds” and Andrea Leadsom calling for changes to her deal with the EU.
Fox, the trade secretary, or wrote to the Conservative backbench 1922 Committee to explain to MPs why he could not support a customs union with the EU,saying it would give other countries access to UK markets without automatically getting reciprocal access to theirs.
A customs union means that countries agree to apply no or very low tariffs to goods sold between them, and to collectively apply the same tariffs to imported goods from the rest of the world. International trade deals are then negotiated by the bloc as a whole. Related: Brexiter MPs pursue fresh tender to oust May by indicative votes Related: May flies to Berlin as Gauke plays down prospect of early breakthrough in Brexit compromise talks - live news Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com