Sign up here to receive the daily news briefing in your inbox every morning with exclusive insight from the BrexitCentral team Dominic Grieve admits rebellions against Brexit plans ‘could bring down government’… Tory rebels against Theresa May’s Brexit plans could ultimately collapse the government, Dominic Grieve has said, ahead of another key week in parliament over the EU withdrawal bill. Grieve, the former attorney general, has said he objects to a government amendment to the bill which would limit the power of MPs in shaping policy if parliament rejects a final Brexit bill. Asked if voting against the government could eventually bring it down, Grieve said: “We could collapse the government.” He told BBC One’s Sunday Politics: “And I can assure you I wake up at 2am in a cold sweat thinking about the problems that we have put on our shoulders. The difficulty is that the Brexit process is inherently risky.” – Guardian Well done, Dominic Grieve. You just killed your own rebellion – Patrick Maguire for the New Statesman > On BrexitCentral’s YouTube: Dominic Grieve on potentially collapsing the Government …as Theresa May defends her changes to the ‘meaningful vote’ amendment… Prime Minister Theresa May today sought to defend herself against accusations that he had misled MPs in her party on an amendment to the government’s Brexit bill as she tries to head off a rebellion this week. MPs will debate amendments to the EU Withdrawal Bill on Wednesday, with the threat of defeat on a “meaningful vote” clause which would force the government to gain Parliament’s approval before leaving the EU without a deal. May said: “I listened to their concerns and I undertook to listen to their concerns.” She added: “We can’t have a situation where every time we have to take a decision we have to go back and have a lengthy debate. Parliament can’t tie government’s hands in negotiations.” The government has laid down three criteria for any legislation: that Parliament cannot overturn the Brexit vote; that negotiations with the EU are not undermined; and that Parliament is not involved in the negotiation directly. – City A.M. > Hugh Bennett last week on BrexitCentral: The European Commission would be the only winners from a ‘meaningful vote’ …and says it is important to ensure that Parliament could not block Brexit… British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Sunday it was important to ensure that parliament could not block Brexit, defending her approach to passing the legislation that will end Britain’s membership of the European Union. “We need to recognise the role of parliament, but ensure that the government’s hands can’t be tied in negotiations and that parliament does not overturn the will of the people,” May told the BBC. – Reuters > On BrexitCentral’s YouTube: Theresa May on the “meaningful vote” amendment put forward by Tory rebels > On BrexitCentral’s YouTube: Solicitor General: Tory rebel amendment would weak UK negotiating hand …while Brexit Minister Suella Braverman insists ‘No deal is better than a bad deal’… Suella Braverman, the MP for Fareham and Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the Department for Exiting the EU, issued a warning to rebel Tory MPs considering voting against the government in a crucial Brexit showdown next week. She told Sky’s Ridge on Sunday that limiting the government’s authority to push through the deal it negotiates with the European Union would weaken the country’s negotiating position and lead to “detrimental consequences”. Mrs Braverman said: “No deal is definitely better than a bad deal, and the Prime Minister has made clear that that is an aspect of our negotiating strategy.” – Express > On BrexitCentral’s YouTube: Brexit Minister Suella Braverman: No Deal is still better than a bad deal …as the House of Lords prepares to consider the Commons’ rejection of its amendments today Theresa May is this week set on a Commons collision course with Tory Remainers as a leading rebel suggested they could “collapse the Government”. The House of Lords today again debates the UK Government’s flagship EU Withdrawal Bill with the Prime Minister is preparing for its return to the Commons on Wednesday, when she will hope to win what is expected to be a knife-edge vote. There have even been suggestions she has held private talks with Labour MPs on the subject. Her working majority is just 13. – The Herald > David Jones MP today on BrexitCentral: It’s time for the House of Lords to call a halt on its obstruction of the EU Withdrawal Bill Scotland Secretary David Mundell makes clear he’s making no new offer to Edinburgh on Brexit powers The UK Government has made clear it will make no new offer to Edinburgh to end the constitutional row on the Brexit Bill as the SNP leadership claimed the controversy will haunt the Tories as the poll tax did in the late 1980s. Ian Blackford, the Nationalist leader at Westminster, has urged UK ministers to “come to the table with emergency legislation not just more excuses” as Scottish voters, he claimed, would neither accept nor forgive Whitehall’s “smash and grab” raid on devolved powers. Last week, he was ordered from the Commons chamber and led a mass walk-out of SNP MPs after the EU Withdrawal Bill passed through the lower House with just 15 minutes of exchanges on the Scottish clause; the Highland MP denounced the process as a “democratic outrage”. – The Herald Labour deny kicking out protesters from Labour Live for their anti-Brexit stunt Labour have denied kicking out protesters from their music festival Labour Live for their anti-Brexit banner. A group of young festival goers who unfurled a large banner bearing the slogan “Stop Backing Brexit!” during Jeremy Corbyn’s speech. They faced the stage as the Labour Leader spoke to the crowds of Labour supporters – many of whom were sporting “b******s to Brexit” stickers. Brexit is a thorny issue for Labour because while the leadership have committed to leaving, many members are fiercely opposed to the UK quitting the block. Melania Chittenden, who took part, said: “Proud to have stood in support of a Peoples Vote at Labour Live today. “We are a Democratic Party – members can & will have their voices heard.” – Daily Mirror Brexiteers braced for concessions on EU court’s role over Northern Ireland ‘backstop’ Britain could be forced to make further concessions within weeks over the role that the European Court of Justice will play regarding the Northern Ireland “backstop” proposal after Brexit. Theresa May wants to secure as much agreement as possible on the EU-UK withdrawal treaty, and may be forced to compromise further on another one of her red lines to make progress. The withdrawal treaty covers EU citizens’ rights, the £40 billion “divorce bill”, the transition agreement and the backstop — or insurance — arrangements for Northern Ireland to prevent a hard border. Britain has already agreed a role for the ECJ on residency rights until 2029 while The Times revealed this month that disputes over the divorce bill will be decided by the court. – The Times (£) Brussels bars aviation regulators from preparing for no-deal Brussels has banned aviation regulators from holding backstop talks with Britain to keep Europe’s planes flying in the event of a no-deal Brexit. In a move to raise pressure on No 10, the European Commission has said it will not discuss a no-deal aviation contingency plan before March next year. Airlines, manufacturers and regulators across Europe have said that they would need about nine months to draw up plans to minimise disruption if Brexit talks collapse. They have told the commission that unless a deal is in place between the UK and the EU by March then tens of thousands of aircraft could be automatically grounded. – The Times (£) ‘Free ports’ plan for the North could give UK £9bn boost Proposals to create a series of free ports across the north of England are gathering momentum among ministers as a new report reveals that special zones could deliver a multi-billion pound boost to the economy and create tens of thousands of jobs. Seven “supercharged free ports”, offering relief from customs and import tariffs together with enterprise zones that have tax incentives to boost investment, could create as many as 150,000 jobs and add £9bn a year to the economy, extensive research has found. It is understood that Liam Fox, the International Trade Secretary, privately supports the idea and the Treasury is looking closely at its potential. Liz Truss, chief secretary to the Treasury, is said to have a “deep personal interest” in the concept. Earlier this month, Ms Truss visited Teesside, one of the proposed locations of the new ports. Junior members within the Department for exiting the EU are also understood to privately back the idea. – Telegraph (£) Hartlepool MP welcomes post Brexit proposal to create Supercharged Free Ports – Hartlepool Mail How Italy plans to cause Brussels an almighty headache An Italian butterfly is about to cause a hurricane in Brussels. When EU leaders gather in the European capital later this month, the reality of the right-wing populist government’s stance on key issues such as migration and the eurozone will finally hit home. The major European powers have become used to containment maneuvers for the EU’s awkward squad on its periphery — such as Hungary and Poland. But with a populist coalition now at the helm in the EU’s soon-to-be third largest country, there seems little hope that the agenda on some of Europe’s most pressing dilemmas won’t be upended by their demands. – Politico Matt Ridley: Knavish tricks are designed to wreck Brexit Somewhere, maybe in Brussels, maybe in London, a group of determined Remainers must have met and decided upon a plan, not to soften or improve Brexit but to kill it, by the device of ensuring that such a bad deal was on the table that the British people might change their minds. Who met where and when we may never know, but let’s picture a scene: a pack of Blairite spin doctors, a shoal of well-watered Eurocrats, a posse of Tory rebels, a pomposity of QCs, an incantation of retired mandarins, and, off stage, an affluence of money men. Their best weapon would be to amend a vital bill that ostensibly had nothing to do with the negotiations, but was designed to make the statute book fit for purpose after withdrawal. But how? Lots of ideas came forward, such as removing the date of exit from the bill, but it was the demand for a so-called meaningful vote in parliament on the negotiations that came to be the key weapon, because it was the subtlest. And now, the Commons having disposed of all the rest, it is the only one left. – Matt Ridley for The Times (£) The Sun: Dominic Grieve and his followers need to think about the consequences for Britain if they keep blocking Brexit Remainers are charging about as if they want the PM to fall and plunge the country into disarray. Dominic Grieve says he awakes in a cold sweat at the thought. But the former Attorney General is STILL prepared to collapse the government unless MPs get a final say on a no-deal Brexit. He likened leaving without an agreement to signing “a slavery clause”. Really? The country voted to remove the chains shackling us to Europe. Would he rather risk installing Jeremy Corbyn in No10 than leave the EU? Unless we’re prepared to walk away with no deal, we will be squeezed to a pulp by Brussels. Grieve knows this. – The Sun says Trevor Kavanagh: Theresa May and the Brexit team have taken their eye off the ball “Just getting on with the job.” As a slogan, Theresa May’s mantra ranks up there with our useless railway network’s infuriating security dirge: “See it. Say it. Sorted.” Endless repetition probably cost her a million votes in last year’s catastrophic snap election and earned her the label “MayBot”. She did it again while hailing her long-overdue £380million-a-week Brexit boost for the health service. Her NHS treatment for diabetes helped her “get on with my job”, she said. Except, it didn’t. Her Type 1 diabetes deserves sympathy and understanding, but it has nothing to do with her job as PM. – Trevor Kavanagh for The Sun Juliet Samuel: The EU is facing an existential crisis – but it is migration, not Brexit, that will be its undoing I still don’t expect the EU to collapse dramatically, as many Brexiteers have been forecasting for years. But its sacred cows – like free movement and the Schengen zone – will become vulnerable. Its edicts will start to lose force and its authority will shrivel. Hopefully, this will herald a peaceful and pragmatic transition to a looser, less federal EU. For migrants, more power for national governments will mean a much harsher environment. What’s not clear is whether national governments will have any more success than Brussels in slowing the demographic tide. – Juliet Samuel for the Telegraph (£) Leo McKinstry: Leaving the EU is a huge shot in the arm for the NHS Two years later it turns out the Leave campaigners were right. Brexit will provide a huge dividend for the NHS. Today, as heavily trailed in news reports over the weekend, Theresa May will announce a major increase in the health budget, providing an additional £20billion a year in real terms by 2023. Indeed, the Brexiteers were being too modest, for the Government’s £600million pledge actually amounts to an extra £385million a week by 2023. It is true that not all this new money will come as a direct result of our departure from the EU’s extortion racket. – Leo McKinstry for the Express John Redwood: Health spending, tax and that Brexit dividend I am also pleased to report that those of us who argued a substantial part of the Brexit dividend should be used to meet increased future health costs have also been persuasive. There will be an extra £12bn a year available for spending and tax cuts once we have terminated our payments., I am in favour of doing this immediately after March 29 next year, unless the EU suddenly comes up with a good deal which is worth letting them have a bit more of our money after we have left. – John Redwood’s Diary Brexit in brief Cambridgeshire is well placed to benefit from the broader international trade Brexit will offer – James Palmer for ConservativeHome Vote Leave’s Dominic Cummings, NHS hero – Paul Goodman for ConservativeHome Why I quit the Government over Brexit: We cannot be sold a pup – Philip Lee MP for the Telegraph (£) £3m Welsh Government funding announced to prepare meat and fisheries sector for Brexit – ITV News Brexit bus turned into a double-decker with £600m a week NHS boost – ITV News