Sign up here to receive the daily news briefing in your inbox every morning with exclusive insight from the BrexitCentral team EU migrants to be given unilateral right to stay in the event of a no-deal Brexit… Britain will give EU migrants a unilateral right to stay in the UK in the event of a no deal Brexit amid concerns that failing to do so would lead to labour shortages, leaked Cabinet papers reveal. The papers, seen by The Telegraph, state that Britain will take a “moral high ground” by agreeing to enable EU migrants to live in the UK and continue to access the NHS and claim benefits. However the papers also highlight the fact that much of the UK’s no deal planning will rely heavily “on the availability of existing labour” in the event that talks break down. – Telegraph (£) EU migrants living in Britain will be allowed to stay whether there’s a Brexit deal or not, cabinet paper reveals – Daily Mail EU migrants ‘will get to stay’ in event of ‘no deal’ – Sky News …as Government prepares to launch project ‘no fear’ to ensure EU medicine and car parts will be available in the event of ‘no-deal’ Brexit… Britain will recognise some EU regulations in the event of a no-deal Brexit to ensure that the country does not grind to a halt, The Telegraph has learned. Government papers setting out what will happen if the UK leaves without a deal make clear that Britain will adopt a “flexible” approach to ensure EU medicines, car parts and chemicals are still available in the UK. One industry source, who has seen several of the papers that are due to be published on Thursday, said the “permissive” nature of the plans suggest they are “project ‘no fear’”. – Telegraph (£) Tories tone down no-deal scenario – The Times (£) …while a leading QC counters ‘no deal’ scare stories and trumpets benefits of WTO rules… Last night a top barrister tore apart “lurid scare stories” being peddled by the Remain propaganda machine about higher food prices and medicine shortages. Martin Howe QC, of Lawyers for Britain, branded the claims “ridiculous and unjustified” and insisted prices will go down after Brexit. He said the authors of Project Fear had assumed that if we leave with no deal, we will be forced to continue slapping tariffs which the EU forces us to impose on the rest of the world. Mr Howe says this is not true as the UK will be free to charge lower levels of tariffs or zero tariffs if we feel fit.- The Sun Non Tariff barriers – the EU has to play by WTO rules – John Redwood’s Diary > Martin Howe QC today on BrexitCentral: Leaving the EU on WTO terms will pull down the barriers to world trade and cut prices for consumers > Harry Phibbs on BrexitCentral today: Confidence-boosting tax cuts should form part of the ‘no deal’ preparations …and the Greek Government warns that a’no-deal’ Brexit would plunge their country into ‘financial and political instability’ Greece has warned it will need more financial aid from Brussels in a ‘no-deal’ Brexit scenario, raising the spectre of bitter EU in-fighting over money. In a move that hands potential leverage to British negotiators, Athens has warned that the financial fallout from a no-deal Brexit would leave the country facing “increased financial and political instability” if there was a shortfall in the EU budget up to 2020. The warnings in a Greek government working paper point to the potential backlash that would be caused by a British crashout which would leave an immediate £10bn-a-year black hole in EU finances. – Telegraph (£) Greek ambassador warns no deal Brexit could hit vitally important tourism industry – Express Brussels bosses warned they’ll wreck Europe’s economy and endanger citizens if they refuse to strike Brexit deal with UK – The Sun Don’t believe the EU – Greece’s crisis is nowhere near over – Andrew Stuttaford for CapX No-deal Brexit may force rethink of vote says ex-civil service head – Guardian Brexit means… lots of new jobs for senior civil servants – The Times (£) Dominic Raab returns to Brussels for further talks tomorrow Dominic Raab will kick start negotiations with Brussels tomorrow in a Brexit pincer movement – as a fresh bout of public Tory infighting erupted. The exit boss will stare down Michel Barnier just hours before Ministers unveil a wave of No Deal scenario plans to show the EU and public they are prepared for talks to collapse. Mr Raab will travel to Brussels after a three week summer truce with just eight weeks left to hammer out an EU deal before the crucial autumn deadline. Then on Thursday Whitehall will begin publishing a slew of contingency plans on how they plan to keep the economy afloat next March if Britain crashes out of the bloc without a new trade deal in place. – The Sun UK hopes to pick up Brexit talks pace with Raab-Barnier meeting on Tuesday – Reuters Nigel Farage announces another political comeback to campaign for Brexit… Nigel Farage has said he is going “back on the road” to campaign against the prime minister’s Brexit plan. In the Daily Telegraph, the UKIP MEP said Theresa May’s Chequers agreement was a “sell-out” as it included regulatory alignment with the EU. He wrote he would join pro-Brexit group Leave Means Leave at UK public events. The announcement by former UKIP leader Mr Farage comes after a string of resignations last month over the prime minister’s Brexit strategy – including those of David Davis and Boris Johnson… Mr Farage said “scores of people” had stopped him in the street to ask when he was “coming back”. He added: “Well now you have your answer: I’m back.” The 54-year-old said a “battlebus” had already been hired. – BBC News For months now we have heard the same argument from this bunch: “Leave voters did not know what they were voting for.” The implication is that Brexiteers are stupid and should submit to the superior view of our betters. Well, I’ve had enough of their lies, deceit and treachery. The time has come to teach them a lesson – one that they will never forget. – Nigel Farage for the Telegraph (£) Nigel Farage back in politics to challenge Theresa May’s Brexit – Sky News ‘I’m back’: Farage returns to challenge May’s Brexit – Sky News Nigel Farage reveals he is returning to politics to fight Theresa May’s ‘fraudulent’ Brexit plan – The Sun …as Leave Means Leave relaunches to ‘fight the battle of Brexit’… Brexit pressure group Leave Means Leave is to be relaunched next month in an attempt to force Theresa May into pushing for a clearer break with the EU, leading Eurosceptics said. The organisation, which grew out of the Vote Leave campaign from the EU referendum, is planning a nationwide blitz to rally opposition to the Prime Minister’s plan for close custom links with Brussels. Insiders say donations totalling hundreds of thousands of pounds have been collected in recent weeks for the group’s war chest. And much of the cash is said to have been given by Conservative Party donors disillusioned with the Government’s position in the Brexit negotiations. – Express Today, they are trying to sell thin gruel to Brexit voters as if it were some sort of delicacy. It is a con, and must be exposed as such…So Leave Means Leave is preparing to relaunch the Brexit campaign. While politicians are on their sun loungers, we have spent August fundraising – and the response has been astonishing. Donors large and small have already committed funds and we are optimistic of more to come. Public anger is palpable. – Richard Tice & John Longworth for the Telegraph (£) Leave means leave, so stop being sentimental and get on with Brexit – Janet Daley for the Telegraph (£) ….and Boris Johnson agrees to deliver rebel speech at Tory conference… Boris Johnson is preparing to challenge Theresa May from the sidelines of the Tory conference as she tries to unite the party around her Chequers plan. Friends said the former foreign secretary has let it be known that he will not remain silent at the conference in Birmingham next month. They said he had agreed in principle to give a keynote speech at a fringe event at which he will almost certainly address his concerns about Brexit. One told The Sun: “He will make the fringe meeting look like the conference hall, and the conference hall look like a fringe meeting.” – The Times (£) …while his allies urge him to lead a pro-Brexit nationwide bus tour One insider said: “There’s a lot going on, people are trying to work out what can be done without tearing the party in two.” A source close to Mr Johnson added: “Something is definitely in the offing. We want to make it clear that we are still campaigning for a proper Brexit.” But a source close to the former Foreign Secretary said: “Mr Johnson is categorically not going on a bus tour – any suggestion to the contrary is entirely wrong.” The move comes as Tory grassroots groups discuss a possible Momentum-style rally against Chequers at the Tory conference in a move that threatens to humiliate Theresa May. – The Sun Jeremy Hunt faces backlash after claiming a no-deal Brexit would be a historic mistake Jeremy Hunt risked a new Brexit backlash last night by warning an “ugly” No Deal would be a historic mistake politically.The Foreign Secretary said Britain would find a way to “prosper and thrive” if trade talks with the EU collapse. But he said that given the threats posed by nations such as Russia a “messy, ugly divorce” would be a “mistake we would regret for generations” in the diplomatic sense. “It would be a huge geo-strategic mistake,” he told ITV. “This is a situation where countries with similar values need to be standing together on the world stage and we want a deal with the EU that means we really can have a deep and special partnership.” – The Sun A no-deal Brexit would be a ‘mistake we would regret for generations’, says Jeremy Hunt – Independent Hunt clarifies no-deal comments: UK ‘would survive’ – BBC News Jeremy Hunt damages the UK’s negotiating position – John Redwood’s Diary > Jordan Ryan on BrexitCentral today: Ministers need to mind their language Rees-Mogg: We’ll block Commons votes if May persists with Chequers plan The influential backbencher called for a quick and “clean Brexit” that delivered on the Prime Minister’s own previous promises – and let the negotiation-weary country get on with other things. Members of the pro-Brexit European Research Group of Tories which he leads are preparing their own proposals. They are expected to detail a “Canada plus plus” model for Brexit, which would enable free trade in goods and services between the UK and EU without Britain needing to be in the single market or customs union. The “no deal” with Brussels option would see Britain trading on World Trade Organisation rules. – Express Superdry co-founder Julian Dunkerton gives £1m to ‘People’s Vote’ campaign for second Brexit referendum… Julian Dunkerton, the co-founder of fashion brand Superdry, is donating a £1 million to the campaign for a referendum on the final Brexit agreement, saying “we have a genuine chance to turn this around”. The multimillionaire fashion label founder pledged his financial backing to the People’s Vote, a campaign launched in April to give the public a vote on the terms of the final deal – with the chance to stay in the EU if they vote against it. Writing in the Sunday Times, Mr Dunkerton said the public know Brexit will be a “disaster”. – Telegraph (£) Boss of trendy Superdry brand gives £1million to Remoaner campaign to overturn Brexit referendum – The Sun …but Britain is now more firmly behind Brexit than during the referendum, says Downing Street Britain is more committed to Brexit than it was at the time of the referendum, Downing Street has said after the founder of clothing firm Superdry donated £1million towards a second vote on leaving the EU. Julian Dunkerton, the co-founder of Superdry, said that he was making the donation to the “People’s Vote” campaign because he saw a “genuine chance to turn this around”. However Downing Street highlighted a poll in The Sun on Sunday which found that 15 per cent of Remainers have changed their minds, compared to 11 per cent on leavers. – Telegraph (£) Half of Brits want to leave EU on March 29, with or without a Brexit deal – The Sun Labour Leave voters back new party forcing clean break from EU Most voters in Labour-held constituencies which backed Brexit in 2016 would consider backing a single-issue political party pushing to leave the EU “as quickly and as fully as possible”, a new poll has found. The ComRes survey, commissioned on behalf of the Brexit Express pressure group, canvassed the views of over 10,000 people across Parliamentary constituencies where there is currently a Labour MP and which returned majorities in favour of Leave two years ago. Those surveyed were asked the question: “Please imagine for a moment that a new political party has been created with one single aim – to put pressure on the main political parties to conclude Brexit as quickly and as fully as possible. To what extent, if at all, might you consider voting for such a party?” – Express Labour ‘finished’ if it backs Brexit in a snap election, says Adonis – Guardian Sir Patrick Stewart breaks with Labour over Brexit stance – Sky News Half of Brits want to leave EU on March 29, with or without a Brexit deal Fed-up voters today send a clear Brexit message to politicians — get on with it. Nearly half of Brits think we should leave the EU on March 29 with or without a deal, a Sun on Sunday poll reveals. The mood of the nation is hardening after two years of bitter rows and fruitless negotiations since the historic referendum result. An overwhelming 62 per cent say they have not changed their minds. Those who have are mostly Remainers who would now vote Leave. Many people are deeply sceptical about the tedious stumbling blocks that have bogged down the process. – The Sun Government pays Deloitte £2.6m for post-Brexit trade dispute training The U.K.’s Department for International Trade is paying external consultants £14,000 a day for a crash course in handling trade disputes, to guarantee the country’s trade authority can function the day after Brexit. New recruits to the government’s Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) are being schooled by specialists from the professional services firm Deloitte. The total value of the contract, which commenced in June and runs until the end of February 2019 — a month before the U.K.’s exit from the EU — will be £2.6 million, according to a new listing on the government’s online contracts archive. According to the listing, Deloitte will be tasked with designing and delivering a training program on the technicalities of trade remedies investigations..- Politico MPs demand more expenses to pay staff complaining that Brexit has added to their workload MPs are demanding more expenses as they complain that Brexit has added to their workload, it emerged today. Politicians have been urging the parliamentary watchdog to increase allowances for staffing their offices, which can already be more than £160,000 a year. The calls surfaced in a survey carried out by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa). Under current rules, MPs can claim £150,900 a year for staffing costs, rising to £161,550 in London, although they can apply for an increase. The figure has risen from £109,000 eight years ago. – Daily Mail LED there be light — EU pulls plug on halogen bulbs Brexiteers will be incandescent. The EU is to impose one of its last bans on consumers — putting an end to the sale of halogen bulbs and forcing a switch to LED replacements. The Europe-wide ban will start on September 1 when the final phase of EU energy rules take effect. It means that globe and candle-shaped halogen bulbs can no longer be produced or imported. A similar ban already applies to halogen spotlight bulbs. The next few weeks could see a shopping stampede as consumers try to build up stocks of halogens — widely perceived to be brighter, more cheery and cheaper to run than the electronic LED bulbs. – The Times (£) Nigel Farage: The time has come to teach the political class a lesson: I’m back fighting for a real Brexit It is now beyond doubt that the political class in Westminster and many of their media allies do not accept the EU referendum result. They refuse to acknowledge the wishes of the majority of those who took part in that historic plebiscite of 2016 by voting to leave the European Union. As far as I’m concerned, this is the worst case of Stockholm syndrome ever recorded.It is equally clear to me that, unless challenged, these anti-democrats will succeed in frustrating the result. Whatever they may claim publicly, this is their ultimate objective. They think nothing of betraying the citizens of Britain. – Nigel Farage for the Telegraph (£) Lee Rowley: For the first time in years, Brexit has given people hope. If it fails they won’t forgive us Harold Wilson once said a week was a long time in politics. At the moment, weeks feel like eternities. Since early July, I appear to have morphed, against my will and without actually changing my views, from a moderate member of my party on Brexit, to a rebel; from a supporter of the Government’s approach to one who now has real concerns about its direction. All in a few short weeks. – Lee Rowley for Telegraph (£) Richard Tice and John Longworth: It’s time to stop this betrayal of the people and relaunch the Brexit campaign When we set up Leave Means Leave after the referendum, we thought it might be needed for six months. We hoped that we could trust the Government to do the job they had been instructed to do by the British people. People knew what they were voting for. They dismissed the ridiculous scaremongering of Project Fear and voted in the largest numbers ever to leave the EU. None of us imagined that, two years on, we would have to refight the battle. We never dreamt that we would have to attack some desperate “Chequers” proposal from the Prime Minister, which led to the resignation of two of the most influential Brexit-supporting Cabinet ministers. None of us feared being let down by other Cabinet Brexiteers, who we thought we could trust. Today, they are trying to sell thin gruel to Brexit voters as if it were some sort of delicacy. It is a con, and must be exposed as such…So Leave Means Leave is preparing to relaunch the Brexit campaign. While politicians are on their sun loungers, we have spent August fundraising – and the response has been astonishing. Donors large and small have already committed funds and we are optimistic of more to come. Public anger is palpable. – Richard Tice and John Longworth for the Telegraph (£) Bob Edwards: Lies, Damned Lies and 112 Constituencies ‘turned Remain’ This week the press has reported, on the basis of a study by Focaldata, that 112 Westminster constituencies are have ‘switched’ loyalties from Leave to Remain. Focaldata used a YouGov sample of 15,000 voters, covering 632 constituencies. Therefore, the average sample in each constituency was just 24 persons. If you apply the basic laws of statistical sampling, any statement based on a sample of 24 persons has a margin of error of +/-16.78% with 90% confidence. It follows that of the 112 constituencies, only four (Knowsley, Liverpool Walton, Southampton Test and Liverpool West Derby) can be said with 90% confidence to have a majority for Remain. – Dr Bob Edwards for Briefings for Brexit Lockwood Smith: Britain has a golden chance to join the biggest free trade agreement in history. But Chequers is likely to wreck it The British Government has initiated discussions aimed at joining, post-Brexit, the Asia-Pacific regional trade agreement, CPTPP. Success would open a whole new world of opportunities for UK business. But joining be difficult if the UK ends up in some halfway house, without complete control over its own regulatory system. The greatest benefits from trade liberalisation come from agreements at the World Trade Organisation (WTO). That’s because, in the modern world, value chains don’t just cross a border between neighbouring countries. They criss-cross the world, forging wider well-being and prosperity…Now is the time to make decisions that will reap rewards for generations. Deciding to be a rule taker rather than a rule maker risks wasting this historic moment. – Sir Lockwood Smith for Conservative Home John Redwood: The dollar is surging against all currencies – this has nothing to do with Brexit I see that the usual suspects in the pro Remain press and BBC are out and about arguing that the recent falls in sterling against the dollar are the result of Brexit speculations. What nonsense. The pound has been very stable against the Euro in recent weeks, staying around 1.12 to 1.13 Euros to the pound. Sterling has risen against the vulnerable emerging market currencies. It bought 5.7 Turkish lira in May and now buys 7.4. – John Redwood’s Diary Paul Goodman: How Chequers seems to have bled the Conservative vote it is plausible to suggest that Theresa May’s new Brexit policy pushed a small but significant proportion of former Tory supporters elsewhere – notably including UKIP – though some appear to have come back since. The Tories have now led in only one poll since Chequers, according to the list kept by Antony Wells of YouGov. He warned that that result “could…be normal sample variation”, and so it seems to have been. In an earlier summary this month, he concluded that “back in May and June polls were showing a consistent Tory lead – that has gone”. Downing Street and CCHQ have been pushing Chequers at Party members recently, and we can expect a broader offensive from them during the run-up to Party Conference. We will see in due course if it makes any difference. – Paul Goodman for ConservativeHome Poll reveals Labour have a three-point lead over the Tories despite Jeremy Corbyn’s anti-Semitism row – The Sun Bruce Newsome: Britain’s furtive defence integration with the EU Chances are that you remain unaware that Theresa May’s government is still engaged in EU defence integration, despite the vote for Brexit in June 2016. The EU’s “common security and defence policy” has been around for years. Most members committed to implement it in 2017 under the unambiguous title of “Permanent European Structure Cooperation” (PESCO). – Bruce Newsome for CommentCentral The Sun: We are finally showing Brussels we can go it alone after Brexit — and not before time It has only taken two years but it looks like the Government is finally going to show Brussels that we are ready for a clean-break Brexit. The publication of “technical notices” outlining how life will continue more or less as normal if the EU refuses to do a deal with Britain for petty political reasons is a crucial boost to our negotiating hand. – The Sun Andrew Stuttaford: Don’t believe the EU – Greece’s crisis is nowhere near over With Nemesis dodged, however ruinously, it has not taken too long for Hubris to reemerge from under the rubble. “The Greek crisis ends here tonight,” declared the EU commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs within minutes of the conclusion of the June meeting at which it was agreed that Greece would receive the final slice (€15 billion) of its third Eurozone bailout this August… And so, after a re-run of a drama that will be stale before it has begun, there will be a fourth Greek bailout – and that won’t change much either. – Andrew Stuttaford for CapX Greece warns ‘no-deal’ Brexit would plunge country into ‘financial and political instability’ – Telegraph (£) Tom McTague: Bugging claim escalates Brexit paranoia While Brussels may have a slightly more realistic assessment of MI6’s capabilities, the concern about British spying is real. A cynic would point out that given the unprecedented threat to British national security — economic as well as diplomatic — it would be odd if every arm of the state is not working together to ensure the prime minister is able to reach the best deal. And yet one of the strands of logic behind Brussels’ suspicion is far more tragic. Boil it down and most senior officials in Brussels believe Britain is making a pig’s ear of Brexit. Partly this is because they believe Brexit itself is a pig’s ear, but there’s no doubt most diplomats and officials involved believe it is being made worse by its stupid implementation. But Britain is Britain, so something must be up, goes the rationale. Britain can’t really be this stupid, can it? – Tom McTague for Politico Leo McKinstry: The People’s Vote campaign is not about democracy The European Union has always been the enemy of democracy. It is a sclerotic, quasi-imperial, unelected bureaucracy obsessed with federal integration and the destruction of national sovereignty.Its authoritarian culture was captured by Labour politician Tony Benn who recorded in his diary after a visit to Brussels in 1974: “I felt as if I were going as a slave to Rome. The whole relationship was wrong. Here was I, an elected man who could be removed, and here were these people with more power than I had and no accountability to anybody.” The same contempt for democracy infuses the EU’s supporters in Britain. That explains why they have been so unwilling to accept the result of the referendum. Ever since the vote in 2016 they have agitated to get the decision overturned. – Leo McKinstry for The Express Comment in Brief A Brexit Proposal – Richard Tuck for Briefings for Brexit Project Fear is a crass deception by a failing establishment – Gerald Warner for Reaction Leave means leave, so stop being sentimental and get on with Brexit – Janet Daley for the Telegraph (£) Bashing Corbyn is not enough. The Conservatives need to offer more homes, lower taxes – and a clean Brexit. – Chloe Westley for ConservativeHome It’s time to choose between a Conservative Brexit or a UKIP one – George Freeman MP for ConservativeHome Informed consent is essential before Brexit surgery – Sarah Wollaston MP for The Times (£) News in Brief Chris Grayling has no credible plan for ‘no-deal’ Brexit, road hauliers warn – Telegraph (£) Britain will need to replace over 40 gory images used on fag packets to encourage people to quit under a No Deal Brexit – The Sun New Brexit board game lets players take over talks with Brussels to see if they can do better than Theresa May – The Sun London mayor Khan consults disaster planners over no-deal Brexit – Reuters Tory MPs warn of entryism threat from Leave.EU supporters – Guardian