09.03.2019 - 12:35 [ Telegraph.co.uk ]

Leaked memo reveals ministers warned of Brexit plot to keep UK in permanent customs union with EU

The explosive memo advising the cabinet as Theresa May battles to win Tuesday’s second meaningful vote – warns that supporting any amendment re-tabled by Labour’s Yvette Cooper and Tories Oliver Letwin and Nick Boles could pave the way for a bill to change the day of our EU exit and bind the Government into a permanent customs union.