Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen, including the start of Theresa May’s national tour to try to win support for her Brexit dealLunchtime summaryAfternoon summary 5.41pm GMT Labour vows to use "all mechanisms available" to force publication of Brexit deal legal advice. Starmer: "It's completely unacceptable for No10 to point-blank refuse to publish the full legal advice on the withdrawal agreement.Parliament was very clear in what it was demanding." 5.28pm GMT Three weeks ago a document purporting to give details of government plans to win public support for Theresa May’s Brexit deal (which at that point still had not been finalised) was leaked to the media. Downing Street insisted that it was not an official document and that it did not represent government thinking. But, if that was the case, in some respects it has turned out be uncannily prescient.For one day on the grid, the document says:Government lining up 25 top business voices including Carolyn Fairbairn and lots of world leaders e.g Japanese PM to tweet support for the deal. The leaders discussed the importance of free trade and close co-operation between the UK and Japan. Prime Minister Abe welcomed the progress the prime minister has made to secure an agreement with the European Union. 5.04pm GMT My colleague Peter Walker has more from Sajid Javid, the home secretary, at the home affairs committee.Sajid Javid is pushed to admitting by home affairs committee that when he became... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2018-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]