Sign up here to receive the daily news briefing in your inbox every morning with exclusive insight from the BrexitCentral team Britain will not stay in EU by the back door, Philip Hammond and Liam Fox jointly declare Britain will not stay in the European Union by the “backdoor” and will completely leave the single market and customs union after Brexit in 2019, Philip Hammond and Liam Fox have declared. After a summer of bitter Cabinet infighting, the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Dr Fox, the International Trade Secretary, appear to bury the hatchet with a joint pledge that there will be a fixed transition period after leaving the EU. In an article written for the Telegraph, the ministers – representing the Remain and Leave wings of the Tory party – say this will be “time limited” and designed to avoid a “cliff edge” that could damage British business. – Telegraph Finally, the Cabinet has put on a show of unity. Writing for the Telegraph, Philip Hammond and Liam Fox – the former backed Remain, the latter is a passionate Eurosceptic – spell out the Government’s Brexit plans with one voice. In March 2019, Britain will leave the EU. There will be a short “interim period” to smooth the transition, in which Britain will not be party to EU treaties, and after that, the UK will become a fully independent country that seeks close partnership with Europe on “security, trade and commerce”. – Telegraph Editorial (£) Insiders claim mandarins pushed for a transitional deal with the EU that could have had the UK staying in the Single Market and Customs Union for a decade, but were ignored by Philip Hammond. Instead the Chancellor has demanded “a period of at the most three years.” – The Sun Philip Hammond and Liam Fox jointly declare Britain will have post-Brexit transitional deal – but declare it is no ‘back door’ to staying in the EU – The Sun Philip Hammond and Liam Fox unite behind single market departure in Brexit – The Times (£) At last, Hammond’s on board with Brexit – and the Remoaners are dead and buried – Dominic Lawson for the Daily Mail Now Philip Hammond is finally Out he must shut the door behind him – Trevor Kavanagh for the Sun Philip Hammond, committed Brexiteer – Paul Goodman for ConservativeHome Most Remain voters now back taking control of borders, leaving ECJ and paying no Brexit divorce bill The majority of Remain voters now agree that Britain should take control of its borders after Brexit, end the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice and pay little or nothing to leave the EU. A major survey of more than 20,000 people revealed that an overwhelming majority of voters now prefer a so-called “hard Brexit” to a soft one. Almost 70 per cent of people said they preferred a deal with the European Union which ended membership of the single market, ongoing payments and continued freedom of movement. A similar percentage of people said they would prefer “no deal” to a “soft Brexit”. – Telegraph Most Brits back a full Brexit new survey finds – Daily Mail Remainers want full control of immigration and no single market – BuzzFeed Government to start publishing key Brexit position papers this week… The U.K. government is poised to lay out detailed plans for its post-Brexit relationship with the EU, building on a year of behind-the-scenes work in Whitehall, officials confirmed Sunday. As first reported by Politico, the U.K. will clarify its position on a range of issues with the publication of formal strategy papers, starting this week, the Department for Exiting the European Union said in a statement. Among the first to be published will be three papers that lay ground for the next round of negotiations in Brussels at the end of August, including one that sets out the U.K.’s plan for the post-Brexit border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.- Politico The papers will detail proposals for the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland and the government’s position on customs arrangements after Brexit. “I’ve launched this process because with time of the essence, we need to get on with negotiating the bigger issues around our future partnership to ensure we get a deal that delivers a strong UK and a strong EU,” said Brexit secretary David Davis. – City A.M. Theresa May ‘to insist on Northern Ireland border checks post-Brexit’ – Independent Progress on the Irish border issue will require both sides to start talking trade – Aarti Shankar for OpenEurope EU could set up new customs union with the UK to avoid Brexit border nightmares, suggests Irish PM – The Sun Mandarin concern over position paper timing – The Times (£) Government to publish proposals for smooth Brexit transition – City A.M. …with David Davis set to tell the EU that the ‘divorce bill’ is off the table until a future deal is agreed… Britain will tell EU chiefs to forget their £36 billion divorce bill unless they strike deal for life after Brexit. David Davis will insist all cash is off the table until they discuss the “bigger issue” of our future relations. Brexit Secretary David Davis is to tell EU chiefs to forget their £36 billion divorce bill unless they strike deal for life after Brexit. The Brexit Secretary will bombard them with a mountain of detailed proposals covering everything from trade to migration. – The Sun David Davis has told MPs Brexit cannot be negotiated properly without knowing what a future trade deal with the European Union will be. The stumbling block is revealed in a letter leaked to the Sunday Express in which the Brexit Secretary admitted last month’s talks with EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier were “difficult”. In the July update, sent to MPs and peers on Wednesday, he states that the negotiations so far had “only served to reinforce my view that we cannot negotiate the UK’s exit properly without addressing what our future relationship looks like”. – Express …after making a guest appearance at Alex Salmond’s Edinburgh Fringe show In a light-hearted discussion, Mr Davis was pushed on cabinet divisions and the timescale for Brexit and replied Mr Salmond was “trying to make me lose my job”. Mr Salmond told how they had worked together to try to impeach Tony Blair over the war in Iraq but Mr Davis had to remove his name from the motion when he was appointed to Cabinet. Questioned about his leadership ambitions should Prime Minister Theresa May step down, Mr Davis laughed and said: “I am really a very, very bad leadership candidate.” Mr Salmond said his friend was “the acceptable face of the Brexiteers and certainly the one who knows what he’s talking about”. – BBC London jobs boom just keeps on going London is creating jobs at the fastest rate in over a year, with the UK’s employment boom showing no sign of abating. An index tracking employment levels in the capital rose to 53.1 last month, up from 52.8 in June, according to regional figures from the closely followed purchasing managers’ index (PMI) compiled by data giant IHS Markit.The numbers, published this morning, represent the fastest increase in London job creation since April 2016. Firms across the UK expect further increases in employment to come, according to a separate survey of more than 1,000 firms published today by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). – City A.M. British company profits rocket to highest since 2012 – City A.M. UK top of the league in sports exports amid record sales – Express City’s top EU envoy slams “bewildering” Brussels approach to negotiations The City of London’s top Brexit envoy has slammed Brussels’ approach to negotiating with the UK as “bewildering” and “reckless”. Documents seen by City A.M. show former Lib Dem Home Office minister Jeremy Browne, the City of London Corporation’s special representative to the EU, is also fearful that the bloc is “affronted by the idea of London remaining brazenly unaffected” by Brexit. – City A.M. EU spending ‘€3m war chest to fund Brussels ‘propaganda’… Brussels is spending €500,000 on projects “challenging Euroscepticism” as it plans to create a “long-term network” to undermine hostility to the EU. The spending is part of a near €3 million war chest this year funding 84 projects across Britain and the EU with the aim to “channel criticism into a useful, constructive and positive driver for European integration in the long run”.- The Times (£) …as crowdfunders aim to create anti-Brexit fund… Four anti-Brexit organisations are crowdfunding for a “war chest” designed to put pressure on the government for a second referendum. Britain for Europe, European Movement UK, Scientists for EU, and Healthier IN the EU will use the cash to support rallies and lobbying, as well as paying for campaign materials for grassroots groups. Rallies are planned at both the Labour and Conservative party conferences “to show the two main parties that we are European, and that Brexit should be, and can be, stopped”. The groups will also be holding a large lobby of parliament in October to engage directly with MPs. – City A.M. …and David Miliband calls for a second EU Referendum David Miliband makes a dramatic entry into the debate about Britain’s exit from the EU with an impassioned call for politicians from all parties to work together to avoid the Tory high command driving the country “off a cliff”. Labour’s former foreign secretary warns that Brexit is an “unparalleled act of economic self-harm” and suggests that it is up to MPs of all political colours to fight back against its worst consequences. The country’s future, he argues, should be decided by another vote on the terms of a final settlement – either by referendum or in parliament. – Guardian Fears of second Brexit referendum as David Miliband calls for new vote – Express Tory Brexit policy is chaotic. The fightback must begin at once – David Miliband for The Guardian Labour Europhiles raise pressure to change Brexit stance – FT (£) Why a new anti-Brexit party would not work – Matthew Goodwin for i News A second Brexit referendum? Impossible says this ex-EU chief A former head of the European Commission has said a second referendum on Britain’s membership of the union is almost impossible. Romano Prodi, the former Prime Minister of Italy who led the commission between 1999 and 2004, said there will have to be “historic compromise” for Britain and the EU to come to an agreement, speaking in an interview with The Observer, and that the economic impact of failing to do so has been vastly underestimated across the region. – City A.M. EU blamed for rise in trafficking and slaves The National Crime Agency (NCA) has blamed freedom of movement in the EU for a rise in human trafficking and modern slavery in Britain. Will Kerr, an NCA director, said the ability of EU citizens to move freely around the continent was “definitely a factor” in the number of slavery gangs operating in every large town and city. He said: “Where you can move more freely . . . there will be gangs who will look to get involved in that process.” The scale of modern slavery was exposed last week when Kerr said police were running more than 300 investigations into networks forcing tens of thousands into labour and prostitution. – The Times (£) ‘True’ £660m weekly cost of Britain’s EU membership The true cost to Britain of being in the EU has been £660 million a week since 2010, a think tank says. This includes more than £80billion lost to the Treasury after the European Court of Justice forced tax rebates to multinationals and £50 billion in Eurozone bailout obligations. In membership fees alone, after the rebate has been returned Britain has paid out £70.6billion in fees. But the Bruges Group says our real financial commitment is £275 billion. – Express Conservative Party Conference to face anti-Brexit march Anti-Brexit campaigners are planning to march on the Tory Party conference to protest Britain’s departure from the EU. Stop Brexit has pledged an “autumn of dissent”, which will see it march on Manchester’s Convention Centre on October 1 so “our voices will be actually heard by Theresa May and her colleagues”. The march organisers, who are supported by the Lib Dems and prominent Remainers like Alastair Campbell and the philosopher AC Grayling, write: “Conference is where the party decides its policies, and politicians make new alliances. “Manchester is where the party will have to face up the reality of Brexit. – Huffington Post Brexit bill will remove right to sue government Britons will lose their right to sue the government for breaking the law under Brexit plans that could allow ministers to escape censure over air pollution. Legislation to ban individuals and companies from bringing compensation claims against Whitehall after Brexit is being drawn up, The Times has learnt. Swathes of the law covering areas such as the environment, workers’ rights and business regulation will no longer be subject to financial redress through the courts. Since a European Court ruling in 1991, citizens have been able to sue member states for damages if their rights were infringed by the failure of a country to implement EU law.- The Times (£) European Investment Fund stopped funding British venture capital firms after the Referendum Britain is losing ground to other European countries when it comes to raising new funds for tech startups, according to an analysis of the region’s venture capital industry provided to Politico. The report by data provider Dealroom shows that the U.K. — home to many of the Continent’s largest venture houses, such as Index Ventures and Balderton Capital — was outpaced by France in venture fundraising during the first half of the year, while Germany almost matched Britain in new investments over the same period.- Politico Former BoE chief Mervyn King says UK needs a Brexit backup plan The UK needs a “credible fallback” in the event that Brexit negotiations end with no deal, former Bank of England governor Mervyn King has said. The former governor, who headed up the central bank between 2003 and 2013, added that the government has already “probably wasted a year”. Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Lord King said it was important that the negotiation process succeeds. – City A.M. Nigel Farage attacks ‘gutless and weak’ Cabinet ministers on Brexit as he vows to return to frontline politics ‘if Leave voters are betrayed’ Nigel Farage has attacked Cabinet ministers for being “gutless and weak” on Brexit as he vows to return to frontline politics “if Leave voters are betrayed”. The former Ukip leader said he thinks “the great Brexit betrayal has already begun” as he laid into the Government for “backsliding” on how we quit the EU. Nigel Farage says he could be forced back into frontline politics if ‘Leave voters are betrayed’. He said the UK would definitely be leaving the bloc in two years’ time, but warned if things continue as they are then we would be left with “Brexit in name only”. – The Sun MEPs could push for stronger reforms to London’s euro clearing market European Parliament members could push for stronger euro clearing reforms, with European Commission proposals set to come under the microscope next month. The commission’s plans, put forward in early June, set the scene for the euro clearing activity to be uprooted from London, which currently dominates the market. The proposed shake-up to the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (Emir) gives greater power to regulators, tightens up rules for “systemically important” clearing houses operating outside of the EU and opens the door for them to be forced into the bloc. – City A.M. Government unveils plans to allow Britain’s Supreme Court to override EU courts after Brexit Britain’s Supreme Court will be able to override EU courts post Brexit, it emerged last night. UK judges will have the power to veto extradition requests from European Union countries, under Brexit plans being drawn up. [image: Plans are being drawn up to give UK judges the power to override EU courts after Brexit]PA:Press Association Plans are being drawn up to give UK judges the power to override EU courts after Brexit Brexit Secretary David Davis is trying to avoid a rebellion from his eurosceptic back-benchers worried about British citizens facing extradition under the European Arrest Warrant. – The Sun Britain’s most senior judge calls for Brexit clarity Britain’s most senior judge has urged the government to explain how courts will interpret rulings set by the European Court of Justice after Brexit. David Neuberger, president of the UK’s Supreme Court, said parliament must be “very clear” and judges should not be blamed for misinterpretations. “If it doesn’t express clearly what the judges should do about decisions of the European Court of Justice, then the judges will simply have to do their best. But to blame the judges for, as it were, making the law when parliament has failed to do so would be unfair,” he told the BBC this morning. – City A.M. Gibraltar will not be Brexit pawn, Spanish foreign minister says Spain will not seek to regain sovereignty over Gibraltar as part of the UK’s exit from the European Union, a senior official has confirmed. Despite fears being raised that the Rock could be used as a pawn in Brexit discussions, Spanish foreign minister Alfonso Dastis insisted there was no desire to make it a pre-requisite of any deal. He told Spanish newspaper ABC that while he placed “great importance” on the issue “which takes the form of a Spanish demand for the completion of our territorial integrity”, he would not block Brexit in order to secure it. – City A.M. Greeks threaten to block Brexit deal unless Elgin Marbles returned Greek politicians are angling for the Elgin Marbles to be returned to Athens as part of Brexit talks. MEP Stelios Kouloglou, a part of the governing Syriza party, is demanding that negotiators bring up the issue as part of discussions. Greek politicians are angling for the Elgin Marbles to be returned to Athens as part of Brexit talks. The marbles, or Parthenon Sculptures, which are currently held in the British museum, have a long and complex history. They were built nearly 2,500 years ago as a temple dedicated to the Greek goddess Athena, but suffered destruction and damage at multiple dates in its history. – The Sun Scottish government threatens to block Brexit repeal bill Scottish ministers are set to demand extra powers after we leave the EU – or they will hold up the Brexit repeal bill. They will demand Westminster hand over full control of farming, fishing, environmental law, justice and policing after we quit the bloc in 2019. [image: Sales of the famous Scottish fizzy drink increased 60% in the year after the nationalists upped their number of seats from six to 56]Scottish ministers want more powers devolved after we leaveGetty Images The powers, which are currently controlled or influenced by the EU, will be handed back to Britain after March 2019. – The Sun Tory MPs demand new broadcasting watchdog to crack down on the BBC’s Brexit ‘bias’ Tory MPs want a new broadcasting watchdog – to crack down on the BBC’s Brexit “bias”. Leading Eurosceptics say the corporation has become a “cheerleader” for the EU by its “slanted” coverage of the debate. They complain greater prominence has been given to negative stories about Brexit, while positive news gets ignored. Conservative MP Nigel Evans says he found himself debating against three “anti-Brexit merchants” when he was a guest on the Victoria Derbyshire show. He declared: “Sure it’s time during the next two years to have independent scrutiny of the BBC coverage of Brexit. – The Sun Hugh Bennett: Is losing the ability to sue government over failure to enact EU law OK? There is a substantial amount of misinformation around the Francovich legal ruling, which the EU Withdrawal Bill will disapply. The ruling judged that member state governments should be financially liable for damages to their citizens arising from a serious failure to implement EU directives. Disapplying Francovich is simply a procedural step in leaving the EU. -Hugh Bennett vs Gina Miller for City A.M. Matt Ridley: I am more confident than ever about Brexit I, for one, am more sure now than I was on June 24, 2016 that the British people did the right thing. My one anxiety as I placed my cross on the paper was that Project Fear might be half right if only for self-fulfilling reasons, and that I might be helping to inflict severe short-term pain for slight long-term gain. Yet instead of an emergency budget and an immediate and profound shock to the economy, a loss of confidence, a drying up of inward investment, a plunge in house prices, a surge in inflation and a collapse in the stock market — all of which we were promised if we voted Leave — there has been almost unremitting good news on the economic front.- Matt Ridley for The Times (£) Christian May: Ministers are finally starting to own the great Brexit debate as study shows they have the public’s backing Brexit has many critics, though perhaps not as many as first thought. While a small but influential group refuse to accept the outcome of last year’s referendum, a major new survey by Oxford University and the London School of Economics has revealed that a significant majority of voters now support scenarios associated with a so-called hard Brexit. Sixty-seven per cent of people surveyed prefer the “no deal” outcome to an arrangement that included Single Market membership, ongoing payments to the EU, free movement and the supremacy of EU law. As the LSE’s professor Sara Hobolt puts it: “Remain voters are willing to acknowledge that there are key negotiation outcomes… that they may not like but that these outcomes still respect the referendum vote and are therefore legitimate.” – Christian May for City A.M. Dia Chakravarty: The Brexit deniers should end their fantasy and help shape the future Not much of Theresa May’s election campaign resonated with me, but I did agree that no Brexit deal would be better than a bad deal. A bad deal would mean coming away from the negotiation table without reclaiming control of our laws and borders, with a commitment to pay a large exit bill. A good deal, conversely, means establishing self-determination without being ripped off. – Dia Chakravarty for the Telegraph (£) Gina Miller: Britain must ask for more time to negotiate Brexit As our government navigates the complexity of taking Britain out of the European Union after 44 years, the harsh reality of the two-year timetable for exit – which shrinks to 18 months if you allow time for ratifying any deal – appears to be dawning. No wonder many politicians are settling on the idea that Britain needs a transitional arrangement beyond March 2019. This would certainly be preferable to a cliff-edge scenario. But as a matter of principle and practicality, it will simply be impossible to negotiate. What Britain should be aiming for instead is an extension of the withdrawal period.- Gina Miller for the Guardian Joseph Hackett: How the Government can give us all a Brexit bonus In March 2016, Britain appeared to have scored a rare victory in Brussels. The deeply unpopular and unfair “tampon tax” – the 5 per cent VAT applied to women’s sanitary products – was finally going to be abolished, as the EU announced it would loosen the restrictions which forced member states to tax the products as “luxury, non-essential items”. Except this wasn’t actually the case. The EU had merely declared its intention to put forward proposals for reforming VAT rules, which would include allowing Member States to reduce VAT on sanitary products to zero. – Joseph Hackett for CapX James Forsyth: Ireland’s Taoiseach talks tough on Brexit There are three areas on which the EU insists that the Brexit negotiations must make progress on, before proper trade talks can start: the so-called divorce bill, the rights of EU citizens in the UK and the Irish border. Today, the Irish PM said that no progress had been made on this issue, that the Brexiteers had had 14 months to devise a plan and hadn’t come up with anything adequate.Implicit in the Taoiseach’s speech is a threat to block the start of trade talks this autumn.- James Forsyth for The Spectator Martin Vander Weyer: Why fudging Ireland’s Brexit border issue can only mean Troubles ahead The question of what kind of border after Brexit will exist between Northern Ireland and the Republic will, I predict, become a very thorny one indeed as negotiations crawl into the autumn. Talk of ‘putting the border in the Irish Sea’ — somehow leaving the north inside the EU for customs and immigration purposes, but cut off from European funding — was a red herring that provoked DUP tantrums, but more significant was the weekend outburst from Taoiseach Leo Varadkar.- Martin Vander Weyer for The Spectator The Irish Border and Brexit – is Varadkar playing with fire? . – Dr Graham Gudgin for ConservativeHome Progress on the Irish border issue will require both sides to start talking trade – Aarti Shankar for OpenEurope Jones criticises ‘regrettable’ change of tone on Brexit from Dublin- Henry Hill for ConservativeHome Nicholas Hirst: Why EFTA court may not be an easy Brexit compromise …when investors lost out from the collapse of Icelandic bank Icesave, Iceland was sued before the EFTA court for allegedly failing to implement EEA rules. Many investors were EU citizens — mainly British and Dutch — who had invested in Icesave via online accounts. However when Norway’s Statoil had a tax dispute with the city of Tallinn in Estonia, it was the European Court of Justice that weighed in. Who has jurisdiction depends on where the legal dispute arises. So, it would be odd for judges from Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein to weigh in on legal disputes over the Brexit deal if the U.K. does not join EFTA. – Nicholas Hirst for Politico Tom Goodenough: The furore surrounding the Brexit divorce bill is hotting up The furore surrounding the Brexit divorce bill is hotting up. The weekend’s papers saw speculation that Britain would cough up £36bn as part of a settlement package for its departure from the EU. Nonsense, says Downing Street, with the Prime Minister’s spokesman saying this morning: ‘I don’t recognise the figure’. It’s not only the government hitting back; Tory eurosceptics are also turning up the volume. Yet while the government is eager to talk down the size of the bill, the criticism coming from the backbenches is less nuanced.- Tom Goodenough for The Spectator Robert John Tasker: Prioritise a Gulf free trade deal and ascend to Arabian Heights Perhaps the most exciting part of a post-Brexit Britain is the ability for our country to once again form its own trade deals and explore the emerging parts of the world that our membership of the EU has prohibited. As the Leave campaign argued during the run-up to the referendum, the UK’s future economic exploration, academic opportunity, and travel and cultural discoveries will lie with other parts of the world as well as Europe. This will also be the case when it comes to our diplomatic and military allies in the Gulf region, such as the United Arab Emirates (UAE). – Robert John Tasker for City A.M. John Redwood: What does the EU want from the Brexit discussions? You would have thought the rest of the EU would be delighted to learn that the UK, the most reluctant EU member of them all, was leaving. It means they are free to pursue economic, monetary and political union without the UK constantly trying to slow it down, impede or stop it, or demanding special treatment. Better still, that same UK is happy to make her market available tariff free to the rest of the EU who have been so successful at exploiting it. Instead it appears that the EU is once again misjudging the mood of UK voters. – John Redwood’s Diary The UK Supreme Court after Brexit – John Redwood’s Diary The UK negotiating strategy – John Redwood’s Diary Isaac Ross: Remainers never understood the £350 million So here we are again: squabbling about that £350 million we allegedly send weekly to Brussels with reports claiming we sent the EU a ‘mere’ £156 million per week last year, under half of Vote Leave’s infamous bus-side slogan. If we are indeed replaying the referendum campaign, can someone please get the political pantomime double act of Nigel Farage and Bob Geldof back out on the Thames to reenact that surreal afternoon. This issue needs to finally be put to bed. – Isaac Ross for CommentCentral Brexit comment in brief Ready on Day One to trade with the world – Charlie Elphicke for ConservativeHome Why Northern Ireland won’t go south after Brexit – Alexander Fluza for The Commentator BBC Whitewash EU extravagance and smear Farage – David Keighley for ConservativeWoman Look to the communications sector for how the UK can thrive outside the EU – Mark Gallagher for City A.M. Remoaners must accept that we will leave the EU – Leo McKinstry for the Express Out of ideas and desperate to suppress dissent, the EU’s days are numbered – Igor Gräzin for the Telegraph (£) Jo Gilbey: Brexit is a chance to reboot Britain’s convoluted tax code – Jo Gilbey for City A.M. Why we must leave the single market – Ben Somervell for CommentCentral Brexit is a symptom – not the cause – of Britain’s divided politics – Oliver Wiseman for CapX Brexit is a chance to rebalance our economy – Jack Tagholm-Child for CapX Keep the transition simple, and focus Brexit negotiators’ efforts on the eventual, permanent deal – Marcus Fysh MP for ConservativeHome Blame the EU for this airport chaos – Jayne Adye for The Commentator Brexit news in brief Ex-Tory chief of staff calls for new pro-EU party – The Times (£) Is Osborne behind Chapman’s idea of a new Democratic Party? – Henry Hill for ConservativeHome The European Union is spending millions of euros on a robot that can make pizza – Telegraph New Zealand furious at Brexit plan to carve up lamb quotas – The Times (£) Sturgeon will march Scotland over ‘cliff edge’ on Brexit, claims Damian Green – The Sun Luxury clothing brand sells ridiculous £750 hoodie ‘inspired by the EU’ – complete with Euro logo – The Sun EU has still not removed the Tampon tax – City A.M. Government to digitalise Margaret Thatcher’s famous: “No, no, no!” – Express Euronext strikes 10 year binding deal over derivatives clearing with LCH SA. – City A.M. Owen Paterson calls £36bn Brexit divorce bill ‘frankly barmy’ – The Sun London hotels help Intercontinental Hotels push up revenue – City A.M. Keeping steel industry afloat will be huge post-Brexit test for government – Huffington Post Britons largely unconcerned about Irish border: poll – Politico And Finally… Nigel Farage: The Movie snapped up by Hollywood as studio set to sign £60m deal Coming to a television set near you: Farage the movie. A major Hollywood studio is poised to sign a deal with Nigel Farage and Arron Banks to make a £60million, six-part film of Mr Banks’ best-selling diary of the referendum campaign “The Bad Boys of Brexit”. The script is nearly finished and shooting will start in the New Year. The series will air in April, once the deal is signed next month at a meeting in Los Angeles. – Telegraph