Sign up here to receive the daily news briefing in your inbox every morning with exclusive insight from the BrexitCentral team Delaying Brexit will hand power to Jeremy Corbyn, leadership rivals warn Michael Gove… Michael Gove was accused yesterday by rivals in the Tory leadership contest of opening the door of No 10 to Jeremy Corbyn by saying that he would delay Brexit. Other candidates vying to succeed Theresa May, including Boris Johnson and Dominic Raab, have said that Britain must leave the EU by October 31, whether or not there is an agreement with Brussels. Mr Gove is understood, however, to be considering a further extension of the Brexit process. It is thought that he believes a no-deal exit before Britain is properly prepared would be problematic, and will set out his thinking in the days ahead. The stance provoked fury among his opponents. A source in a rival campaign said: “It seems that Michael Gove’s great Brexit idea is to continue with Theresa May’s failed plan. This is only going to deliver Jeremy Corbyn into No 10.” Priti Patel, the former international development secretary, said that a failure to leave by the agreed deadline would damage the Conservatives’ standing with voters. “This is not going to keep people with us,” she said. “The established party is being crucified by parties like the Brexit Party. The longer we delay Brexit the more oxygen we give to alternative political parties.” Iain Duncan Smith, the former Conservative leader, tweeted: “Any Tory who won’t take us out of the EU by October 31 doesn’t deserve to be PM.” – The Times (£) Michael Gove warned delaying Brexit risks handing Downing Street keys to Jeremy Corbyn – The Sun Gove’s leadership campaign appears to be building momentum – Daily Mail …as Sajid Javid refuses to rule out delaying Brexit beyond the end of October if Parliament tried to force his hand… Tory leadership hopeful Sajid Javid has refused to rule out extending Britain’s departure from the European Union beyond the end of October. The Home Secretary, who is among 13 candidates vying to replace Theresa May, said he did not want to delay Brexit but would not ignore Parliament if it forced his hand. It follows reports that Environment Secretary Michael Gove told colleagues he is prepared to delay Brexit until the end of next year rather than leave without a deal on October 31. “I’m clear that my plan would be to leave on October 31. I want to leave with a deal but if I have to choose between no deal and no Brexit I would pick no deal,” Mr Javid told BBC One’s The Andrew Marr Show. Pressed on the matter, he said: “That’s not something I would do, but we are a parliamentary democracy and what we’ve seen in the last few months is Parliament has taken on some extraordinary powers to initiate its own legislation so if it’s statute, if it’s the law, I would not break the law if I was prime minister, of course I would observe the law.” – ITV News Tory leadership candidate Sajid Javid refuses to rule out extending Brexit beyond October 31 – The Sun > WATCH: Home Secretary Sajid Javid on BBC’s The Andrew Marr Show …and faces criticism for calling Ireland ‘the tail that wags the dog’ on Brexit Irish commentators have condemned Sajid Javid for describing Ireland as “the tail that wags the dog” on Brexit. The home secretary made the comments as he continued to expand on his Tory leadership pitch, setting out how his Brexit plan hinged on coming up with an alternative to the Irish backstop. “I will focus on the one Brexit deal that has already got through parliament – that was the withdrawal agreement with a change to the backstop,” he told the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show. “[Ireland] is the tail that wags the dog on this and we need to make sure we can do more to build that goodwill in Ireland and build their confidence.” The comments were seen by many in Ireland as a diplomatic faux pas. “Using a term like that is very unfortunate and I would be appealing to representatives in the UK to be mindful of their rhetoric,” said Neale Richmond, a senator from the governing Fine Gael party who chairs the Irish parliament’s Brexit committee. – Guardian Andrea Leadsom pledges ‘managed’ no-deal exit if she becomes Prime Minister Andrea Leadsom has pledged to take Britain out of the EU in a managed no deal exit as she ruled out extending Article 50 beyond October if she becomes prime minister. The former leader of the Commons became the latest leadership hopeful to set out her red lines for Brexit, as candidates’ views on no deal became the defining issue of the race. Sajid Javid, the Home Secretary, refused to rule out extending Article 50 again if Parliament forces the option on the next Tory leader, after it emerged that Michael Gove has told Cabinet colleagues he would be prepared to delay Brexit until late 2020. Ms Leadsom, who resigned her Cabinet post over Brexit, said: “We have to leave the EU at the end of October… the Withdrawal Agreement Bill is dead – the EU won’t reopen the Withdrawal Agreement and the UK Parliament won’t vote for it.” She refused to refer to her plan as a no deal exit, preferring to call it a “managed exit” which would include introducing legislation before the summer recess on “sensible measures”; ramp up preparations for all eventualities; and travel as a ministerial delegation to meet with the EU 27. – Telegraph (£) Leadsom pledges ‘managed no-deal Brexit’ in bid for Tory leadership – Guardian > WATCH: Andrea Leadsom MP on BBC’s The Andrew Marr Show Matt Hancock says Brussels is receptive to his Brexit plan… Matt Hancock claims to have got a head start on other candidates in the Tory leadership race by selling his personal Brexit plan to receptive figures in Brussels. The Health Secretary has published a five-point plan for leaving the EU which includes a time limit to the Irish backstop, the controversial issue that killed off Theresa May’s own Brexit deal. Mr Hancock has said a no deal Brexit is “not available” to the next Prime Minister and wants to be able to hit the ground running if he upsets the odds and gets the job. A source close to Mr Hancock said: “He has had conversations with figures at a European level and they have been quite open to his plan for a time-limited backstop. “A five-year limit has been suggested in Brussels and that means you can engage in conversations to see what you can get that timespan down to. Matt has had a positive response to his ideas.” As well as having a time limit to the backstop, Mr Hancock wants to set up an Irish border council comprising British and Irish officials, the EU and the Northern Irish political parties to find a way of avoiding a hard border in Ireland. Health Secretary Matt Hancock wrote to MPs setting out his “Brexit Delivery Plan”, saying a no-deal exit was “not an available choice” to the next PM. He said he would seek a time limit to the Irish backstop, set up an Irish Border Council, and propose a “Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement” as the basis of the UK’s long-term relationship with the EU. – Telegraph (£) …and pledges to lift immigration limits on NHS medics The UK should allow complete freedom of movement for medics from around the world, the Tory leadership hopeful Matt Hancock will pledge on Monday. The health secretary, who is one of main contenders from the party’s centre-left in the 13-strong race to be the next prime minister, will promise to lift all immigration restrictions for qualified doctors and nurses of any nationality who have secured a job in the NHS. Hancock will use a speech on the future of NHS staffing to outline his plan if he becomes the next prime minister. In the speech, seen by the Guardian, he will say: “Our NHS could not provide its world-class service to patients without the hardworking doctors and nurses from other nations. That’s why I believe, after Brexit, we need to see the free movement of medics – doctors and nurses – from all around the world.” Hancock will say the only limitations should be the right qualification, a job offer and an ability to speak English. “Wherever you’re from, if you’re qualified, speak English and have a job offer, I want you to have an unrestricted right to work for our NHS and live in our country. We have the best health service in the world – and if I become prime minister, I will make sure it has access to the very best talent in the world.” – Guardian Sam Gyimah makes second referendum promise as he becomes thirteenth to join race to succeed Theresa May Former minister Sam Gyimah has become the 13th Conservative to enter the race to succeed Theresa May as party leader and prime minister. Mr Gyimah told Sky News he was joining the crowded field to “broaden the race” – and pledged to hold a second referendum if he won. “I will be joining the contest to be the next Conservative leader and prime minister to broaden the race,” he told the Sophy Ridge on Sunday programme. “There is a wide range of candidates out there but there is a very narrow set of views on Brexit being discussed. And over the last few weeks I have watched on, discussing with colleagues in frustration that while there’s a broad sweep of opinion in the country on how we move forward at this critical time, that is not being reflected in the contest at the moment.” Mr Gyimah was universities minister until last November, when he quit the government over Theresa May’s handling of Brexit. Since then, he has become a vocal supporter of another public vote. – Sky News Sam Gyimah becomes 13th MP to enter Tory leadership race – ITV News Sam Gyimah joins Tory leadership race offering second referendum – Guardian > WATCH: Former minister Sam Gyimah on Sky’s Sophy Ridge on Sunday Theresa May hails special US relationship while Trump knocks Brexit talks as the President arrives this morning for State Visit Theresa May praised the “strong and enduring” ties between the UK and US ahead of a state visit by Donald Trump that will be marked by unpredictability, clashes over security policy and protests. The prime minister, who will resign as leader of the Conservative party on Friday, said that the visit was a “significant week for the special relationship” and highlighted the strong security ties between the UK and the US. “We do more together than any other nations in the world. We are the largest investors in each other’s economies and our strong trading relationship and close business links create jobs, opportunities and wealth for our citizens,” she said. “Our security relationship too is deeper, broader and more advanced than with anyone else. Through joint military operations, unrivalled intelligence-sharing and our commitment to Nato, our global leadership remains at the heart of international peace and stability.” The imminent departure of Mrs May from Downing Street, along with the continued Brexit stalemate, has resulted in lower expectations in the government about what can be achieved from the state visit. One British government official said: “The expectations of a big joint economic announcement on trade have obviously been dialled back considerably, given the Brexit situation and the fact the prime minister will soon be stepping down.” – FT(£) US ambassador confirms Donald Trump is lining up a post-Brexit US-UK trade deal… US Ambassador to the UK Woody Johnson revealed the Americans will be “ready to go” with a trade deal with the UK as soon as Brexit is resolved, claiming preparations for an agreement have already been “lined up”. Speaking on BBC One’s Andrew Marr Show, Mr Johnson argued the USA and the UK will have a “great relationship whatever happens” with Brexit. The US official claimed Donald Trump’s office was already in talks with the UK trade department to secure a post-Brexit US-UK trade deal and deliver it in a speedy manner. He said: “I think the fact that it’s on the President’s desk on day one the minute that you leave and we can negotiate. “We are already negotiating, we’re already looking at the terms of the conditions that will allow successful negotiations. “I think it will be done with the President looking at it, it will be done as expeditiously as any agreement we ever had. We’re looking at all the components of the deal and trying to get everything lined up so that when the time comes we’re ready to go.” – Express > WATCH: US Ambassador to the UK Woody Johnson on The Andrew Marr Show …but there is rising anger over likely US trade demands… Donald Trump will land in the UK on Monday amid anger over comments made by his ambassador suggesting the NHS should be “on the table” in future trade negotiations. His visit also came as cabinet ministers vying for the Tory leadership suggested they could tear up plans for the Chinese tech giant Huawei to build parts of the UK’s 5G network, after the ambassador, Woody Johnson, warned it was “a big risk”. Trump, who will meet the Queen at Buckingham Palace on the first day of his state visit, will be met by thousands of protesters in London the following day during a visit packed with pomp, pageantry and controversy that has seen numerous calls for its cancellation. Johnson stoked opposition on Sunday after suggesting the UK would need to allow US agricultural products, including chlorinated chicken, on to the UK market as part of any post-Brexit trade deal, as well as US private sector involvement in the NHS. The administration is said to see the visit as an opportunity for a “reset moment” on trade, with Theresa May set to formally resign on Friday. Addressing the prospect of a transatlantic trade deal, Trump told reporters before leaving the US: “(We’re) going to the UK. I think it’ll be very important. It certainly will be very interesting. There’s a lot going on in the UK. And I’m sure it’s going to work out very well for them. – Guardian …as the Ambassador says NHS access could be ‘on the table’… Donald Trump’s British envoy has sparked fury with claims that access to the NHS would be “on the table” in post-Brexit trade deal with the US. Woody Johnson, the US ambassador to the UK, said the “entire economy” would be included in transatlantic negotiations, which could include allowing American private firms to bid for NHS contracts. In an interview ahead of Mr Trump’s state visit, Mr Johnson said the US was already “looking at all the components of the deal and trying to get everything lined up so when the time comes we’re ready to go”. Asked if healthcare would be part of the deal, he told the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show: “I think probably the entire economy, in a trade deal all things that are traded will be on the table.” Mr Johnson also said chlorinated chicken – which is permitted under American regulations but banned in the EU – was “completely safe”. He added: “Once again, you can have a choice. We have five million Brits, British people, coming over to the US every year and I’ve never heard a complaint, one complaint about anything to do with chicken.” – Independent US wants access to NHS in post-Brexit deal, says Trump ally – Guardian …prompting Matt Hancock to warn the NHS ‘is not for sale’ Tory Party leadership challenger Matt Hancock has warned Donald Trump the NHS is “not for sale” in an emphatic tweet on the eve of the US President’s state visit to Britain. Mr Hancock took to social media after an interview by US ambassador Woody Johnson in which he told the BBC’s Andrew Marr the whole of the economy, including the NHS, would be “on the table” in talks about a possible trade deal after Brexit. The MP, who is currently a 40-1 outside to win the leadership contest according to the oddschecker.com website, posted: “My American friends, know this: The NHS is not for sale. “Yes we’d love to make it cheaper to buy your life-saving pharmaceuticals. “But the NHS will not be on the table in any future trade talks.” Mr Hancock’s intervention followed other criticisms of Mr Johnson’s remarks. Fellow Tory leadership contender Rory Stewart retweeted a post by the Independent’s Europe correspondent Jon Stone which included a clip of Mr Johnson’s interview Jon Stone, commenting: “I feel like as the US ambassador to Britain, you have one job when you go on TV: don’t say you want to privatise the NHS via a trade agreement. Let’s see how this guy manages…” – Express Peterborough prepares for by-election that could elect first Brexit party MP On Thursday, voters in Peterborough will take part in one of the most intriguing parliamentary byelections in recent memory. The constituency saw a knife-edge duel between Labour and the Conservatives at the 2017 general election and at last month’s European poll, 38% of voters in the city backed the Brexit party. A first seat in the House of Commons for Nigel Farage’s party is a distinct possibility. If that happens, it will send tremors through middle England, of which Peterborough is typical in many ways, not just geographically. Economically, Peterborough performs averagely amid struggles with productivity. Wages are stagnant and it has been reshaped by migration, with foreigners arriving to work in the surrounding farmlands and distribution depots, contributing to a decade as the UK’s fastest growing city between 2001 and 2011. But many Peterborians feel life is getting worse; nothing catastrophic, but a noticeable unravelling. Stagnation of living standards and diminishing prospects, as much as Brexit and migration, are likely to shape how they vote. – Guardian Tory talk of no-deal Brexit costs jobs, claims industry Conservative leadership challengers talking up a no-deal Brexit are costing jobs in British industry, according to the chief of the UK’s manufacturing organisation, after data showed that export orders fell to the lowest level since 2016 in the second quarter of the year. The sharp fall in the past three months reflects a slowdown in orders from Europe, said Stephen Phipson, chief executive of Make UK, the group that represents a sector employing more than 2.7m industrial workers across the UK. “Orders are drying up — directly linked to talk of no-deal Brexit. EU customers are in the period when they start to look at the next 12 month contracts, and they are starting to ask why they should take the risk in the UK,” he said. “Companies are reporting that their order books for EU companies are declining quite significantly . . . They are looking elsewhere for their parts.” The second quarter figures mark a significant deterioration on the first quarter, when Mr Phipson said record stockpiling ahead of the scheduled departure of the UK from the EU boosted order numbers. Customers in mainland Europe were building up supplies ahead of the original Brexit date of March 29 to mitigate any disruption at the border. Without that short-term stimulus, Make UK says manufacturing could have tipped into recession. Although the total order balance is still positive, the current rate of decline now makes recession more likely in the second half of the year given “investment by the sector has been paralysed with no evidence that there is pent-up demand waiting to be unleashed”. Mr Phipson said persistent talk of no-deal Brexit among the candidates vying to become prime minister is unsettling customers that typically rely on British manufacturers. – FT(£) Nigel Farage: The pollsters’ blatant dishonesty on Brexit is ruining the public trust I am the first to admit that political polls must be taken with a pinch of salt. Their main purpose is to provide a snapshot of public opinion. They often do this perfectly adequately, but only the most complacent political party would ever rely on them wholeheartedly. With that said, history was made at the weekend. For the first time, the Brexit Party topped a national opinion poll. The survey, carried out by polling company Opinium on behalf of The Observer, asked people how they would vote in the next general election. The party I lead was reported to be on 26 per cent – that is four points ahead of the Labour Party and nine points ahead of the Conservative Party. Quite apart from that fact that the Brexit Party was only launched on April 12, the significance of this poll is that it suggests that the European elections that we won last month were not a high watermark. Interest in our approach to politics is sustained. And with most of Westminster likely to spend the next two months obsessing about the Tory leadership contest, I expect our poll numbers to grow. That the Brexit Party is now being considered by the electorate as a potential party of government should come as no surprise. We are the only party that can stop Jeremy Corbyn from inflicting a Marxist government on the British people and we are the only party that can also deliver a clean Brexit. For better or worse, the public is moving away from identifying as Left or Right. Instead, many people now believe that the labels “Leaver” or “Remainer” better reflect who they are and what they stand for. On that note, it is important to mention another recent poll. It was published last week in The Times and was conducted by YouGov. It also asked people how they would vote in a general election and it placed the Brexit Party in second position on 22 per cent, behind the Liberal Democrats on 24 per cent. Parts of the media heralded this survey as proof of a Remain insurgency, suggesting that the prospect of a second referendum is on the cards. But if you looked at the small print you would have learnt an interesting truth: incredibly, YouGov omitted the Brexit Party from its list of options. – Nigel Farage MEP for the Telegraph (£) The Sun: Donald Trump could teach Theresa May the art of a deal to resolve Brexit Donald Trump may not have actually written his book on deal-making but he could certainly teach our outgoing Prime Minister a thing or two about negotiation. Taking No Deal off the table was the beginning of the end of our hopes for a change to the dreaded Irish backstop. Aided and abetted by her hopeless Chancellor, Theresa May failed to prepare for a clean break and gave the EU the confidence to push and push the UK into a corner, knowing we had no realistic way out. Each and every leadership candidate — all 13 of them — needs to make clear how they would prepare for No Deal. Contrary to the nonsense pushed out by Remainers, it is still very much an option. The closer we get to our Halloween exit day, the more spooked Parliamentarians will get. After all, the Brexit Party landslide at the European elections and the polling which puts them TOP in a Westminster vote is all the proof they need that the public is ready to turn our two-party system upside down. Don’t deliver Brexit? Go back to Brussels begging for an extension? That’ll spell the end of Labour and Tories as our two biggest political forces. – The Sun says Martin Daubney: The Left’s vile smears will just make us Leavers stronger The liberal Left has been radicalised by politicians and a media who paint all their opponents as Nazis or fascists. Will it all end in tragedy? Five weeks ago, I took the biggest risk of my life when I decided to stand as an MEP for the Brexit Party. My dad had advised against it, saying “You’ll get death threats”. Ever the optimist – and a proud Brexiteer determined to serve my country – I stood up. On Sunday, I was elected. It should have been the proudest moment of my life. Instead, I find myself sickened to the core by the level of hatred that has been hurled at the Brexit Party. It has left some in genuine fear of their lives. Let’s be clear: the Brexit Party is not a “far-Right” party as our mindless critics claim – let alone are we fascists or Nazis. I’m a lifelong Labour voter; both my grandads fought actual fascists in the Second World War, and my great uncle, a Lancaster bomber tail gunner, was shot down and killed by Nazis in 1941. Other Brexit Party candidates are former communists, plus centrists and Conservatives. We’re a broad church. Anybody deemed “far-Right” would never have made it through the door. Yet these smears are never far from the lips of our desperate, terrified political opponents – and they have toxic, real-world effects. As an investigation on pages 18 and 19 of today’s Sunday Express proves, Brexit Party candidates have been subjected to vile anti-Semitic hate crimes. We’ve been attacked and abused. There have been two attempts to run down our activists by enraged motorists. This is what we are dealing with: a poisoned politics, where any baseless smear is deployed to inflict collateral damage. Three years of Brexit turmoil has not only broken British politics, it’s destroyed civil discourse. We must call a truce. We justifiably recall the hideous murder of Jo Cox as a low point in British political history. We must never sink that low again. The hatred must stop, from both Left and Right. When politicians and the media continually smear Brexiteers as fascists, Nazis or racists it has two effects. Firstly, we’ve seen it legitimises hatred and violence towards us. But here’s the kicker: it does something far more powerful. By smearing 17.4 million decent Brexiteers as fascists, you will righteously empower us to rise up against you – and march to the polling booths, to vote for the Brexit Party; to help change British politics for good. – Martin Daubney MEP for the Express Brexit in Brief Brexiteer Boris Johnson is the only one who can beat Nigel Farage in an election — and must be our next PM – Trevor Kavanagh for The Sun The Conservative Party need to look beyond Brexit if they are to survive – Stephen Daisley for The Spectator This leadership contest must be about much more than Brexit – Nicky Morgan MP for Conservative Home EU chief Jean-Claude Juncker set to rack up £170k Brussels hotel bill – The Sun Express.co.uk readers say Farage must have seat at negotiating table with EU – Express