Sign up here to receive the daily news briefing in your inbox every morning with exclusive insight from the BrexitCentral team David Davis seeks reciprocal deal for Britons and EU citizens to access healthcare post-Brexit… David Davis said the UK Government is seeking a plan to allow Britons to continue accessing cut-price healthcare in EU countries. The cabinet minister said the UK wants a continuation of the existing European Health Insurance Card system, which would also allow EU citizens in this country to access the NHS. – Independent David Davis ‘pretty sure’ of securing EU free trade deal – BBC News David Davis urges colleagues to ‘get on with day job’ – Guardian ‘Don’t be so self indulgent’: David Davis says a Tory Party leadership challenge would be catastrophic for Brexit and tells MPs to stop speculating about it – Daily Mail > WATCH on BrexitCentral’s YouTube Channel: On The Andrew Marr Show, David Davis reassures EU citizens that their rights in the UK will be protected after Brexit …as Theresa May plans to spell out ‘settled status’ plan for EU nationals in the UK… Theresa May is laying out the post-Brexit “settled status” that will be offered to EU nationals in the UK as ministers deny they will become second class citizens. EU nationals applying for visas to come to the UK after withdrawal will be subject to the same criminality checks as other foreigners as part of the Brexit settlement. Brexit Secretary David Davis said details of the plans would be set out in a 15-page document on Monday, after EU leaders reacted dismissively to outlines of the proposals last week. – AOL …while she intends deporting EU criminals after Brexit Thousands of European criminals face deportation after Brexit as Theresa May makes the issue a key demand in negotiations… Britain’s inability to expel convicted criminals from EU countries has long enraged ministers. Last year MPs warned that Brussels laws restricting deportation were “undermining confidence in the UK’s immigration system” and the issue was pushed by the Leave campaign during the referendum. In the past ten years the number of foreign offenders in British prisons has doubled, and stands at more than 14 per cent of the prison population. – The Times (£) Type of free movement could be included in Brexit deal, says Labour’s Chakrabarti Some form of free movement of people could be included in a Brexit deal, a senior Labour shadow cabinet member has indicated. Shadow attorney general Shami Chakrabarti insisted Labour would prioritise the economy over immigration if it was in charge of withdrawal talks. Though Labour pledged to end free movement in its manifesto, Ms Chakrabarti suggested arrangements under a different name could allow access to the single market. She told Sky News: “We haven’t said we’ll have control of free movement of people, you can’t necessarily have complete control, but what we want is to be able to have fair migration that avoids people’s jobs being undercut.” – The Herald > WATCH on BrexitCentral’s YouTube Channel: Baroness Chakrabarti tells Sophy Ridge that Labour could keep free movement Priti Patel rebuffs Archbishop of Canterbury’s call for cross-party commission on Brexit Priti Patel, the international development secretary, has flatly rejected calls for other political parties to become involved in the Brexit talks, saying their role was now to support the UK Government. Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, has joined leaders of political parties, following the General Election result, to call for a cross-party commission to ensure the voices of the UK’s nations and regions are fully engaged as the negotiations on Britain’s withdrawal from the European union get underway. – The Herald Priti Patel: Labour’s role on Brexit is to support the Government – PoliticsHome > WATCH on BrexitCentral’s YouTube Channel: On Peston on Sunday, Priti Patel rebuffs the Archbishop of Canterbury’s call for a cross-party Brexit Commission UK business confidence hits 18-month high despite Brexit uncertainty Confidence among companies across Britain has improved significantly over the past six months, according to a survey. The Lloyds Bank Business in Britain report showed that the confidence index – a gauge of expected sales, orders and profits of some 1,500 firms over the coming six months – rose to 24% in May from 14% in January. – International Business Times SNP farce as Sturgeon ‘shelves Independence bid’ to push for a ‘soft Brexit’ Ms Sturgeon is this week expected to delay demands for a fresh vote as she focuses on a so-called “soft Brexit”, keeping the UK and Scotland inside the EU single market. It would mean the First Minister’s timetable for a second ballot on the country’s future between autumn 2018 and spring 2019 has been ditched. – Express Corbyn: no seat for Scots at Brexit talks, but voice must be heard – The Times (£) Ian Blackford: Indyref2 gives voters chance to have say on Brexit deal – Scotsman Next boss Lord Wolfson calls for ‘smooth’ Brexit Lord Wolfson, chief executive of Next, has warned that failing to secure a “smooth” departure from the EU could result in “years of economic decline” for the UK. The retail boss, who voted in favour of Brexit, said he still believed it would boost trade and the British economy. – BBC News I voted for Brexit but we must slow the process down – Simon Wolfson for the Mail on Sunday UK will end up with a Ukraine-style Brexit, says top German MEP David McAllister, who holds dual German and British citizenship and has a Scottish father, is the vice-president of the conservative European People’s Party and chairman of the European Parliament foreign affairs committee. The EU-Ukrainian deal provides preferential access to EU markets, but does not insist on free movement of workers, a key sticking point for hard Brexiteers. – Press and Journal Larry Elliott: With politics turned on its head, Labour sticks to Brexit ambiguity At one end of the spectrum are those who want Brexit to be as soft and messy as possible to prevent what they fear will be serious economic damage from leaving. They think the EU has been a success, the single currency’s travails are simply teething troubles, that Emmanuel Macron heralds a new dawn for European social democracy and that socialism in one country is a fantasy. – Observer Anand Menon: You may be bored of Brexit already, but the important stuff hasn’t even begun yet One year on from the Brexit negotiation, and perhaps the weirdest thing, among many, many weird things, is that we still don’t really know what Brexit will look like. Sure, we know what the Prime Minister wants it to look like. And we know what plenty of other people (including the Labour Party) don’t want it to look like. But as to where we will actually end up, and what it will mean for the country, we have nothing. – Independent Wolfgang Munchau: Look to Greece for lessons on how to negotiate Brexit The talks between the eurozone and Greece in 2012, 2015, and this year are a better example of the kind of negotiating process to expect. Before the election, Theresa May used to say that no deal was better than a bad deal. The UK prime minister has been ridiculed for that statement. The truth is that you can only tell whether no deal is better once you know the nature of a bad deal. – Wolfgang Munchau for the FT (£) Paul Goodman: Wanted: a revived campaign for Brexit of all parties and none. Without it, Remain may snatch victories from defeat The anti-Brexit coalition will, we read, try to amend the Great Repeal Bill and other legislation. The support from Jeremy Corbyn that would be needed to force Single Market membership isn’t there, and the same seems to apply to staying in the Customs Union – a position with which the Chancellor appeared to dally before retreating last weekend. But Parliament could put markers down against the Government’s “no deal is better than a bad deal” position, and against any control of EU immigration that would deliver a substantial cut in numbers over the medium-term. That this would have the effect of bringing back Nigel Farage from the dead, together with a revitalised UKIP or the equivalent, does not yet seem to have struck some Conservative MPs. – Paul Goodman for ConservativeHome Tories started the Brexit revolution, but now it is spinning out of their control Revolutions often end up a long way from where they started. A year after triumphing in the Brexit referendum, many Conservatives learnt this the hard way during a brutally disappointing election night. The rebellious spirit that carried them to victory last June had seemed sure to manifest itself again by lifting the Tories, the newly committed champions of Brexit, to unprecedented heights. Instead, like a train switching tracks, the momentum suddenly turned and took a hard Left. – Juliet Samuel for the Telegraph Christian May: A transitional Brexit deal is essential to make a success of the UK’s departure from the European Union No, the UK is leaving the EU – its legal framework and its institutions. But if the destination is determined, the route is still up for debate. This is something that chancellor Philip Hammond understands. He said last week that “because we’re leaving the EU we will be leaving the Single Market and, by the way, we’ll be leaving the customs union”. So, no disputing the destination. – Christian May for City A.M. Julian Jessop: Should Britain pay the Brexit bill? Altogether, the EU’s demands add up to a gross bill of around €100bn. And on this basis, the net bill would still be at least €60bn, even after allowing for the UK’s rebate (itself in doubt), EU spending in the UK, and future refunds on contingency payments. However, negotiations have only just begun and there is surely room for compromise. My figure of €30bn would be consistent with meeting the EU half-way between their net €60bn and the UK’s fall-back position of zero. But if there is “no deal” by March 2019, the UK should be ready to start saving money straightaway. – Julian Jessop for CapX Trevor Kavanagh: The Tories need to wake up and appoint a proper leader – David Davis is just the man For the nation’s sake, she should go. As soon as possible. It was kind of Brexit Secretary David Davis to applaud her leadership yesterday, but he would say that, wouldn’t he? What Britain needs is a leader who will command respect in Brussels and authority in the House of Commons. Tories know they cannot risk another election with Mrs May as PM. Yet such an election could be forced at any time, catching them flat-footed. – Trevor Kavanagh for The Sun Brexit in brief Whitehall will be tested to limits as we prepare to go it alone – Anand Menon for The Times (£) The case for a softer Brexit – Simon Hix for The Times (£) The truth about how the Lords can aggravate the government – Baroness Smith of Basildon for The Times (£) The writers of the Guardian’s ‘Brexit Shorts’ have swallowed Project Fear – Toby Young for The Spectator ‘Thanks to Gina Miller there’s no going back!’: Brexit now enshrined in law, says Rees-Mogg – Express Stephen Crabb says Theresa May could stay as Prime Minister for the next five years – Wales Online ‘We’d never have won without Jez’: Brexit MEP mocks Remainers fawning over Corbyn – Express Skilled labour shortage fuelled by uncertainty for EU workers – Guardian DUP deal will make the Tories the nasty party again, says Lord Patten – Telegraph Brexit vote was cue for UK to go on buying spree, Thomson Reuters data shows – The Times (£)