Sign up here to receive the daily news briefing in your inbox every morning with exclusive insight from the BrexitCentral team Brexit Secretary David Davis says ECJ will not be supreme during transition period… Brexit Secretary David Davis said the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice will end when the U.K. exits the bloc in 2019, redrawing a red line that had been left vague by Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit speech on Friday. May said she would seek a two-year transition period after Brexit, during which the current rules and market access would apply. In a speech that marked a softening in her stance, she left unclear what role would be given to the ECJ, an organization that is loathed by Brexit supporters as a symbol of lost sovereignty. – Bloomberg …and says the £40bn Brexit ‘divorce bill’ claim is ‘made up’ Claims Britain is facing a £40bn “divorce bill” as a result of leaving the European Union are “made up”, the Brexit Secretary has suggested. On the eve of the next round of exit talks, David Davis has played down the prospect of the UK forking out a hefty sum as the price of severing ties with Brussels. Prime Minister Theresa May confirmed in her keynote Brexit speech on Friday that Britain would be seeking a two-year transition period after 2019, and Mr Davis confirmed the UK would pay in “roughly” £10bn a year during that period. – Sky News Britain’s Brexit bill could now rise to £40 billion – Mail on Sunday Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson ‘risked his job to save Brexit’ and is hailed a martyr — as he went to war with Cabinet Remainers… Boris Johnson was hailed a Brexit martyr for putting his job on the line to keep the EU exit on track. He went to war with Cabinet Remainers after they cajoled Theresa May into seeking a five-year transition. The PM had planned to announce a “soft Brexit” in Friday’s speech in Florence, with the final breakaway put on hold until 2024. But her “weakening” position — under pressure from Chancellor Philip Hammond — stunned the Foreign Secretary into an explosive 4,200-word statement last week. – Sun on Sunday …as he insists there should be no new EU rules for the UK after 2019 The Foreign Secretary wants Britain not to adopt any new EU rules and regulations after it formally leaves in March 2019, the Telegraph has learnt. He believes it is wrong for rulings from Brussels to apply in the UK during the two-year transition because Britain will no longer be involved in the decision-making process. The stance goes further than the Prime Minister – who declined to make the promise on Friday – and puts him on a collision course with the Treasury, which wants a “status quo” transition. – Telegraph (£) Boris Johnson’s transition red lines are vital to ensuring Brexit is fully delivered – Telegraph (£) Johnson forced May’s hand on EU, claim Tories as cabinet truce unravels – Observer Johnson-Hammond feud gets more bitter – Mail on Sunday Florence speech symbolises a ‘renaissance’ for the UK as it seeks new relationship with the EU, says Liam Fox Liam Fox believes the vote for Brexit was not just a decision to leave the EU but was also a decision of how the UK’s democracy works in the future. He said that while cities like Lisbon or Maastricht represent ever closer union with the EU, he believes the city synonymous with the Renaissance, Florence, symbolises a “new, more open and future-orientated relationship”. Mr Fox added that Mrs May’s Florence speech set out a bold and ambitious vision in terms of economic partnership and security relationship. – Sunday Express Brexit battles face Jeremy Corbyn’s ‘mainstream’ party in Brighton… On crucial issues of trade with the EU and on Britain’s immigration rules, Corbyn faces a fight. Such has been the kaleidoscope of forces at work in British politics that on some of the most crucial Brexit questions, Corbyn will find himself on the wrong side of many of his own supporters. Given that the overwhelming majority of Labour members back single-market membership, the public support for that stance from senior Labour figures, reported in today’s Observer, becomes a major flashpoint. – Observer Jeremy Corbyn urged to make Labour the pro single market party – Observer Labour should commit to staying in the single market and customs union – Pro-EU Labour politicians open letter in today’s Observer Sun, sea and savagery — Brighton will not mask Labour’s bitter feuds – Adam Boulton for the Sunday Times (£) …as Corbyn is accused of ‘betraying traditional Labour voters over Brexit to please millennials’ The Labour leader has a long history of Euroscepticism and was mentored by the champion of the Lexit cause, Tony Benn. But there are fears among Labour’s Eurosceptic ranks that he is going back on promises about Brexit in order to appeal his legions of young voters who mostly voted Remain. Two weeks after the General Election Mr Corbyn addressed a mammoth sized crowd at Glastonbury where he gave a speech to youngsters chanting his name. – Sunday Express Brexiteers criticise Emmanuel Macron over negotiation stance after ‘greater clarity’ remark Following Mrs May’s speech, the French leader welcomed her “willingness” to make progress and sort out the future relationship. But he said: “Before we move forward, we wish to clarify the issue of the regulation of European citizens, the financial terms of the exit and the question of Ireland.” On Saturday, Conservative backbencher Bernard Jenkin said Mr Macron was asking for too much too soon. “How can we put money on the table when we don’t know what the deal is?” he said. “How can we discuss how the finer details of the Northern Ireland border should operate when the EU won’t even begin to discuss what the relationship is that they want between the UK and the EU?” – ITV News ‘Long and vain’: Europe’s press reacts to Theresa May’s Florence speech – The Spectator’s Coffee House blog Germany calls May’s Brexit speech ‘disappointing’ – Reuters Banks, including HSBC and RBS, urge Brexit deal this year Britain must finalise a Brexit transition deal with the EU by the end of the year “at the latest” to curb an exodus of jobs from the City, according to the country’s top banking trade body. Stephen Jones, chief executive of UK Finance, welcomed Theresa May’s plans for a two-year buffer to allow companies to prepare for leaving the EU, outlined in her speech in Florence on Friday. However, EU and UK negotiators must act quickly to avoid “damaging impacts” on both sides of the Channel, he added. – Times (£) Dr Liam Fox MP: We have laid our cards on the table. Now is the time for the EU to reveal its hand, and declare its intentions The decision of the British people to leave the EU was not just a single democratic choice; it was also a decision about how we want our democracy to work in the future. That choice was a break with the past, but not from our European friends. That’s why we can achieve a new partnership with the EU. One that is ambitious for a shared future, and delivers prosperity for all the people of Europe. – Dr Liam Fox MP for the Sunday Telegraph (£) Dominic Raab MP: Theresa May’s ambitious and bold post-Brexit plan for Britain is a real ‘win-win’ deal On Friday, Theresa May took her ambitious and bold vision for post-Brexit Britain directly to the people of Europe and their elected leaders.We’re resolved to take back control of our money, laws and borders but none of that’s about doing Europe down. We want to remain firm friends, trading and co-operating on vital cross-border issues. So in Florence, the PM put forward a “win-win” plan to make sure Britain and our European friends can go from strength to strength. As she said clearly, we are leaving the EU, not leaving Europe. – Dominic Raab MP for the Sun on Sunday Express: Theresa May’s EU stand makes best of a bad situation Prime Minister Theresa May’s offer to pay into EU coffers for an additional two years after March 2019 may strike some as a shabby compromise. Nigel Farage has described it as a two-fingered salute to the 17.4 million people who voted for Brexit, while Jacob Rees-Mogg has voiced his disappointment at the delay. But with EU negotiators refusing to give an inch and Remainers within the Cabinet pushing for Britain to remain in the single market and customs union until 2024, Mrs May appears to have made the best of a bad situation. – Sunday Express comment Daniel Hannan MEP: By embracing free trade, we can use Brexit to make everyone better off Free trade, one of the greatest blessings which a government can confer on a people, is in almost every country unpopular.” So wrote Thomas Babington Macaulay, the great historian, poet and politician, in 1824. It was true then, and it is truer today. Which is bizarre when we consider that, in the intervening two centuries, the free exchange of products and ideas has lifted our species to a level of wealth, health and happiness that our ancestors could barely have imagined. – Daniel Hannan MEP for the Sunday Telegraph (£) James Forsyth: The big questions Theresa May must answer May should summon the whole Cabinet to Chequers soon and insist that they thrash this out until they can come to a common position. The other thing she must do is step up preparations for a ‘no deal’ scenario. As she herself admits, the EU will only negotiate in good faith if it thinks the UK can walk away. But to date, the preparations for no deal have been inadequate. This creates a danger that this country is left having to accept whatever the EU offers because there is no alternative. There are signs that the Cabinet is now waking up to this risk. I understand that at Cabinet on Thursday both Jeremy Hunt and Sajid Javid raised the issue of ‘no deal’ preparations. But ministers need to keep the pressure up on this point. – James Forsyth for the Spectator Janet Daley: Theresa May’s open-hearted generosity laid bare the mean-spirited cynicism of EU ultras This speech was, in fact, remarkably true to the spirit of Mrs May’s Lancaster House speech, which was not seen at the time as any sort of power redistribution within the Cabinet but as the official stance of her government. The open-hearted generosity of her offer to be the EU’s best friend forever – providing they do not get too obstreperous – was reiterated. The insistence that the new arrangement must be fair and advantageous to all parties was there – just as we who had been impressed by that earlier oration remembered it. – Janet Daley for the Sunday Telegraph (£) Dominic Lawson: Two years to implement what exactly, Mrs May? For many of the 17.4m Britons who voted “leave” in the 2016 referendum this seems an unconscionably long wait to “take back control of our laws, our trade and our borders” — given that during this additional two-year period we will need to be fully compliant with every EU directive, including (though Mrs May didn’t mention this) freedom of movement. – Dominic Lawson for the Sunday Times (£) Brexit in brief The Government must not dither away our Brexit negotiating position – James Arnell for ConservativeHome If the UK is open for business, it is sending out the wrong signals – Ben Marlow for the Telegraph (£) Is my euroscepticism partly down to a delayed teenage rebellion? – Charles Moore for the Spectator Former key adviser to Tony Blair claims Brexit will not happen – Politics Home ‘Long and vain’: Europe’s press reacts to Theresa May’s Florence speech – The Spectator’s Coffee House blog Lord Heseltine says Theresa May should have sacked Boris over Brexit essay – Sky News Nigel Farage ‘to form new political party after Tory disaster’ – Sunday Express