Sign up here to receive the daily news briefing in your inbox every morning with exclusive insight from the BrexitCentral team Michael Gove and Priti Patel back Boris Johnson’s bold Brexit vision to claw back £350m NHS cash… Michael Gove and Priti Patel have thrown their weight behind Boris Johnson’s bid to pressure Theresa May to deliver a bolder and more optimistic Brexit. The two Cabinet ministers, who led the Vote Leave referendum campaign with Mr Johnson last year, are backing his demand that after Brexit Britain makes good on a pledge to spend some of the £350million which the UK sends to the EU on the National Health Service. – Telegraph (£) Boris Johnson and Michael Gove revive Brexit ‘dream team’ – Times (£) …as Boris Johnson insists he is “all behind Theresa for a glorious Brexit” as he is praised for vision for Britain outside EU… Boris Johnson has insisted he is “all behind Theresa for a glorious Brexit” after he was praised by Brexit supporting Conservative MPs for setting out an “optimisic and positive” vision of Britain’s future outside of the European Union. Just six days before Theresa May will set out her Brexit blueprint in a speech in Florence, the Foreign Secretary penned a 4,000 word article for the Telegraph laying out his own path for a “glorious” future outside the bloc. – Telegraph Johnson in open revolt over soft Brexit as he ‘lobs hand grenade into No10’ – Daily Mail Boris Johnson offers a fearless blueprint for a brighter future – Telegraph (£) Boris Johnson does not see Brexit as a bad hand we’ve been dealt. He loves it as he loves this country – Conor Burns for the Telegraph (£) Without Boris Johnson’s oratory and charm, Brexit wouldn’t have happened and the PM must listen to him – Sun on Sunday says Boris Johnson is self-serving, egotistical — and right about Brexit – Dominic Lawson for the Times (£) No more games. This is the moment of truth for the Conservatives – and Boris Johnson – Janet Daley for the Telegraph (£) …as Theresa May receives calls to sack Boris Johnson over Brexit challenge to her authority… Theresa May has been urged to sack Boris Johnson after he challenged her authority by publishing a 4,000 word treatise setting out his demands from the Brexit negotiations. The Foreign Secretary has infuriated some of his Cabinet colleagues, including Chancellor Philip Hammond, with his wide ranging demands in the article for The Telegraph. Downing Street was only given a few hours notice of publication of the article, which was interpreted by MPs and Westminster watchers as a bid to reignite his leadership campaign. – Telegraph (£) …as the PM seeks to reassure Eurosceptic ministers worried about key speech on Britain’s future outside the EU Theresa May will hold last-minute talks with key Eurosceptic Cabinet ministers this week as she seeks to reassure them about her speech on Britain’s future after Brexit. Both Boris Johnson, the Foreign Secretary, and Priti Patel, the International Development secretary, are likely to discuss the speech with the Prime Minister on the margins of the United Nations general assembly meeting in New York in the next few days. – Telegraph (£) David Davis proposes new post-Brexit security pact to fight terrorism Security links between Britain and the European Union should be secured with a new legal pact to make sure the fight against terrorism is not hit by Brexit, David Davis has said. With the security operation still underway following the train bombing at Parsons Green in west London, the Brexit secretary told Brussels it was in both sides’ interest to continue to cooperate closely to help protect citizens. – Observer Amber Rudd: A security treaty with the EU is vital if we want to keep Britain safe from terrorism – Sun on Sunday Britain’s biggest firms tell David Davis and Michel Barnier to ‘get a move on’ or risk having no Brexit deal… Britain’s captains of industry today order EU negotiators: “Get a bloody move on.” Next month bosses will begin drawing up plans for 2019, the year the UK quits the EU. And unless progress is urgently made now, they will have to work on the assumption there will be no deal. The plea for action comes in an open letter to Brexit Secretary David Davis and EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier. – Mirror ‘Our shared interests’: an open letter from businesses to the British and EU Brexit negotiators David Davis and Michel Barnier – Sunday Times (£) UK businesses urge may to seek three-year Brexit transition – Bloomberg …as BMW boss Harald Krüger warns ‘go hard’ on Brexit and we all lose A wry smile flits across Harald Krüger’s face. The chairman of BMW picks his words carefully. Will the car maker shift production from the UK if Brexit penalises trade between Britain and Germany? “BMW is flexible,” comes the loaded reply. “What I would like to see is a pragmatic solution that ensures business is competitive in the future.” – Sunday Times (£) Lib Dem MP warns his party to stop treating Brexit voters like idiots… Norman Lamb has warned his party that Brexit voters felt they were treating them like “idiots” as he warned the Lib Dems risked looking like a single-issue pressure group. Mr Lamb said the party needed to “start thinking again”, coming up with ideas to address the concerns of voters who often felt powerless in the face of bureaucracy and large corporations. The North Norfolk MP was speaking ahead of the party’s annual conference, which begins in Bournemouth today. – ITV News ..as Vince Cable says Theresa May should ‘face down’ Boris Johnson over Brexit… Theresa May should face down Boris Johnson, Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable has said after the Foreign Secretary set out his vision for a “glorious” Brexit that repeats claims the UK could spend £350m a week on the NHS after leaving the EU. – Scotsman Sir Vince Cable: Brexit transition deal is wishful thinking – Daily Mail …and the Lib Dem Deputy Leader boasts they will be able to reverse Brexit by working with other parties to get a long transition deal The LIB Dems plan to use a long Brexit transition period to reverse the EU referendum result, it emerged today. The party’s deputy leader Jo Swinson said she was working with rebel Tories and Labour MPs to ensure we keep close relations with Europe. – Sun on Sunday Scots’ enthusiasm for staying in the EU hasn’t led to increased support for independence Scots are increasingly keen to remain in the European Union but there is still no sign that it will lead to a surge in support for Scottish independence, according to a new poll. The Panelbase survey for The Sunday Times puts support for staying in the EU up from 61% in January to 65% now. Many voters are pessimistic about the economic consequences of Brexit — 50% think it will leave Scotland’s economy weaker, 24% think it will strengthen it and 26% believe it will make little difference. – Sunday Times (£) Boost for UK-US trade links as Royal Commonwealth Society opens Mississippi office Britain’s hopes of deepening links with America following Brexit have received a boost after a major Commonwealth body announced it was opening a US branch. The Royal Commonwealth Society, which was founded in 1868 and counts the Queen as its patron, is establishing a presence in the American state of Mississippi. – Telegraph Ministers unveil plans to help fashion industry as exports soar… More than £10.7billion worth of clothes, handbags and other items left the UK last year, up eight per cent on the previous year. Between them the US, Hong Kong and Australia snapped up more than £1billion worth of exports alone. Among the popular home-grown brands are names including Burberry, Mulberry and Temperley London, which appeal to an international market ….as the UK prepares for Brexit the Department for International Trade, led by Liam Fox, will help give British designers access to buyers from markets in the US, China and South Korea. More than two dozen designers will also be taken on a trade mission to Paris Fashion Week, where the UK will have a dedicated “pop up” showroom. – Express Burberry chief creative officer sees ‘enormous’ opportunity in post-Brexit trade – Independent …as Liam Fox announces £3.5 billion to bolster UK-South Africa trade post-Brexit The International Trade Secretary said, on the eve of a visit to the country, that the new funding would help firms take advantage of the UK’s exit from the EU and the “once in a lifetime opportunity” it would bring to business. He will also visit the east African nation of Mozambique during his trip designed to strengthen trade relations between Britain and the continent. The UK did £30billion-worth of trade with Africa last year. Under the plans, support for trade with South Africa will be doubled to about £3.5billion. – Express Liam Halligan and Gerard Lyons: The biggest problem with Soft Brexit is that it’s not attainable Remaining a member of the single market and/or the customs union, in contrast, is presented as an enlightened “Soft Brexit” compromise, a balance between the Leave side’s “hard” ideology and Remain campaigners’ common sense. These are the terms of the UK’s Brexit debate, as viewed by much of our political and media class as we enter the autumn of 2017 and these EU negotiations heat up. Yet they are wrong on every level. – Liam Halligan and Gerared Lyons for the Telegraph Dia Chakravarty: Jean-Claude Juncker’s dream shows us Brexit was inevitable With his State of the Union address last week, the President of the European Commission vindicated the very argument put forward by Leavers during the referendum – that the status quo was not an option on the ballot paper, that a tick in Remain’s box was in fact a vote for Euro-federalism. – Dia Chakravarty for the Telegraph (£) Amber Rudd: A security treaty with the EU is vital if we want to keep Britain safe from terrorism The first duty of government is to keep its citizens safe. Over the past 12 months — and two days ago in Parsons Green — we have faced a series of stark reminders of the size of this task. Terrible attacks here in the UK and around Europe have made clear not only the severity of the threat but the international nature of it. From the tragedy of the Manchester attack to the bombings in Brussels and the horrors of the Bastille Day attack in Nice, we have seen all too often the brutal reality of terrorism. Attacks are indiscriminate and target innocent civilians regardless of where they are from. – Amber Rudd for the Sun on Sunday Express: Jean-Claude Juncker shows why it’s right to leave the EU They were told that there was no grand plan for federalisation, that the status quo was preferable to leaving and that, failing that, the UK could reform the institution from within. There was certainly no mention of a superstate with an all-powerful president. But last week the European Commission president outlined plans for just that… and much more besides. Jean-Claude Juncker called for a much wider passport-free Schengen border zone, more help for all EU countries to join the euro, a strengthened banking union and a European Defence Union. And of course the aforementioned new “EU president” role. Critics have dubbed his proposals a vision for a United States of Europe. – Sunday Express comment Conor Burns: Boris Johnson does not see Brexit as a bad hand we’ve been dealt. He loves it as he loves this country Boris doesn’t simply believe that we must make a success of Brexit, as though it were some ghastly hand we were dealt that we must struggle to mitigate. He thinks we can and will make a success of Brexit because of the country and people we are. The over-puffed Project Fear predictions of soaring unemployment, apocalypse budgets and inward investment drying to a trickle have proved as unfounded as many of us argued at the time. – Conor Burns for the Telegraph (£) James Forsyth: Can Theresa May satisfy both Boris and the EU? We are only six days away from Theresa May’s big Brexit speech in Florence. But it is far from certain what will be in it, as I say in The Sun today. The biggest domestic challenge for May, insiders say, is squaring Boris Johnson. I’m told that ‘there is quite a lot of nervousness about that’. ‘Boris has been the most hard-line’ of the Cabinet Brexiteers an insider tells me. One of those involved in the negotiations between the two camps predicts ‘it is going to be a tetchy week.’ – James Forsyth for the Spectator Brexit in brief Why we need a Brexit transition period of at least four years – Joe Egerton for ConservativeHome The next election ‘may be fought by three men in their seventies’, claims David Cameron – Daily Mail