Sign up here to receive the daily news briefing in your inbox every morning with exclusive insight from the BrexitCentral team Theresa May blocked David Davis from planning for no deal Brexit, his former adviser reveals… Theresa May froze former Brexit secretary David Davis out of negotiations and blocked him from planning for a no deal Brexit months ago, his former advisor Stewart Jackson has sensationally claimed. David Davis’ former advisor slammed Theresa May for blocking the Brexit secretary from planning for a no deal Brexit, claiming his department was “constantly rebuffed” by the Prime Minister. The former Conservative MP also questioned Theresa May’s qualifications to conduct crunch Brexit negotiations with the European Union. He told the BBC’s Daily Politics: “David Davis pushed on producing an earlier white paper, pushed on getting officials out in Brussels doing granular technical negotiations six months ago. “He pushed on the Irish protocol, putting legal text to the Irish government, and certainly pushed on no deal planning.“It was constantly rebuffed by Number 10. – Express Daily Politics ‘Mood Box’ concludes Theresa May is a Remainer – BBC News > Watch on BrexitCentral’s YouTube Channel: Davis’s ex-Chief of Staff says May blocked no deal planning …as Theresa May is accused of giving the EU a ‘blank cheque’ by letting Brussels decide on Brexit divorce bill payments… Theresa May has been accused of handing the EU a “blank cheque” after new laws suggested Brussels will be able to determine how much of the £39billion Brexit divorce bill the UK will pay each year. Ministers will on Tuesday publish the Withdrawal Agreement and Implementation Bill which will enshrine Brexit divorce arrangements and any future deal with Brussels in law. The Telegraph has learned that the document, which is more than 100 pages long, states: “The EU will inform the UK of the required payment amounts during the transition process. – Telegraph (£) …while the EU tells Dominic Raab that the cash cannot be tied to a free trade deal… European Union diplomats have warned that any move by Dominic Raab to link payment of the £39 billion Brexit bill to a free trade deal would damage hard-won trust between Britain and the bloc. The new Brexit Secretary told the Sunday Telegraph that the payment of Britain’s agreed divorce bill should be made conditional on the EU agreeing to a free trade agreement. That has infuriated Brussels, which insists that the bill is simply a settling of accounts. “The new minister will, as a lawyer, surely understand the value of honouring one’s legal obligations and the importance of building up trust for successful negotiations,” said one EU diplomat. – Telegraph (£) > Daniel Moylan on BrexitCentral today: Why the EU doesn’t see the money as a guarantee of a trade deal …as ministers prepare to publish Withdrawal Agreement White Paper today The government will publish proposals on Tuesday setting out more details of how it plans to leave the European Union, a junior Brexit minister said on Monday. “We are continuing to prepare the legislation needed to implement the withdrawal agreement in UK law and we will publish a white paper tomorrow setting out more details on this,” Martin Callanan told the upper house of Britain’s parliament. Earlier this month, Prime Minister Theresa May revealed her latest plans for Britain’s relationship with the EU after its scheduled departure in March next year. – Reuters Jeremy Hunt warns of ‘real risk’ of accidental no-deal Brexit (which only Putin would welcome, he claims) Jeremy Hunt has warned there is a “real risk” of the UK crashing out of the European Union without a Brexit deal “by accident” as he said the only person who would welcome such an outcome would be Vladimir Putin. The Foreign Secretary claimed a failure to reach a deal would cause a damaging “fissure” between the UK and the continent as he urged negotiators in Brussels to show more flexibility. Mr Hunt said Mr Putin, the Russian President, would be the “only person rejoicing” if the two sides are unable to come to an agreement. – Telegraph (£) Jeremy Hunt has spent the last two years attempting to position himself as the next leader of the Conservative Party. Today he has declared war on Brexiteers, and indeed his government’s own official policy, by ridiculously claiming that Putin is the only winner in the event of a WTO. It shouldn’t be forgotten that in the days after the referendum, Hunt demanded that the UK stays in the single market, seeks a Norway-style ultra-soft Brexit -even softer than the Chequers fudge – and then called for a second referendum on the deal. – Guido Fawkes Hunt warns of ‘no deal by accident’ on Germany trip – Sky News “No Deal” is Coming Up Fast on the Rails – Rob Lee for Briefings for Brexit PM claims the Chequers plan will protect North East jobs… The Government’s preferred Brexit deal will “protect jobs and livelihoods” in the North East and support major manufacturers such as Nissan, Prime Minister Theresa May has said. Her Cabinet visited the region earlier to tie in with the Great Exhibition of the North in Newcastle and Gateshead. The Prime Minister also confirmed up to £780m would be invested in the East Coast Main Line from 2019. However, business leaders warned her Brexit approach could see job losses. Speaking at the Reece Group factory, in Newcastle, Mrs May said the deal the Government was putting forward was about “protecting jobs and livelihoods in areas such as this”. “It’s about recognising the importance to companies like Nissan of the integrated supply chains with the European Union and ensuring that means frictionless movement across the border,” she said. – BBC News This plan needs some selling. Polling for the Sunday Times showed that only 12 per cent of voters think it would be good for Britain, compared to 43 per cent who disagree. May’s appearance today, though, is unlikely to have moved the dial much. There’s no clear top line from it. I doubt that the fact that Theresa May likes cooking because you get to eat the food as well as make it was the intended top line. – James Forsyth for The Spectator Theresa May says ‘our future is what we make it’ – The Sun Theresa May goes on tour – can the Prime Minister turn things around? .- Katy Balls for The Spectator The EU should forget its red lines and take May’s plan seriously – Pisani-Ferry,Röttgen, Sapir, Tucker, and Wolff for The Times (£) …as the German interior minister says the proposal is “very appealing” Theresa May’s Chequers plan has received backing from German interior minister Stephan Mayer, the second senior politician from the big EU beast to go public with support. Mayer, a member of the CSU party which is coalition with Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats, said it would be important for the UK to stay close to the EU for all parties involved, especially Germany. “We want a very stable and close relationship to the UK even after Brexit,” he told the BBC. – City A.M. EU ‘will only extend the Brexit deadline for a second referendum’ Michel Barnier, the European Union’s Chief Brexit negotiator, never tires of warning Britain that “the clock is ticking” but could the UK ever convince the EU to extend the Article 50 deadline beyond 29 March 2019? Brussels sources have told The Telegraph that it is theoretically possible but would be very difficult. They revealed that an extension request, were it ever to be made by Theresa May, would only be accepted to accommodate a second Brexit referendum or a general election There are just 12 weeks before the October European Council summit where the EU hopes to finalise the Brexit withdrawal agreement. – Telegraph (£) City blasts “cul de sac” after Barnier blocks UK’s financial services plan The Square Mile has been left frustrated by reports that the EU’s chief negotiator has already snubbed the UK’s plan for a post-Brexit deal around financial services.Michel Barnier has warned European colleagues against accepting the UK’s new proposal of enhanced equivalence, arguing it would prevent the bloc from withdrawing access to the EU’s markets unilaterally.He told ministers on Friday it would rob the EU of its “decision-making autonomy”, according to the Financial Times. – City A.M. Brexit campaigners accuse Brussels of ‘abandoning’ EU citizens living in Britain Brussels has abandoned the millions of EU citizens living in Britain to an uncertain future, the3Million campaign group for European expats has said in an unprecedented attack on the European Commission and its planning for a no deal Brexit. The3Million was set up after the referendum to fight for the rights of EU citizens and their families who made Britain their home during its decades of membership of the bloc. It has previously criticised Home Office plans for post-Brexit settled status residency scheme but this is the first time the influential campaigners have turned their fire on the commission, which is leading Brexit talks on behalf of the EU. – Telegraph (£) Amazon warning of ‘civil unrest’ after no deal Brexit is absurd, says Jacob Rees-Mogg Claims by Amazon that there will be “civil unrest” within weeks of a no deal Brexit have been dismissed as “absurd” by Jacob Rees-Mogg, the leader of the European Research Group of Tories. Eurosceptics rounded on the US company on Sunday evening after it emerged that Doug Gurr, its UK manager, had made the doom-laden forecast during a meeting of business leaders last week. According to The Times, Mr Gurr stunned a meeting organised by Dominic Raab, the new Brexit Secretary, with some present questioning Amazon’s predictions. – Telegraph (£) Brexiteers say Amazon is scared of paying more Tax – Daily Mail Opaque firms like Amazon pose a bigger risk of civil unrest than Brexit – Sven Hughes for City A.M. Martin Howe: Misunderstandings, spin – or worse. Correcting errors arising from Downing Street briefings on the Brexit White Paper Number Ten has been engaging in a programme of briefing for Conservative MPs and for Party members on the Brexit White Paper. It is important that when both make their minds up on this proposal of huge significance to the future of our country, they do so on the basis of a correct understanding of what the Government’s new policy involves. I have been receiving disturbing reports from those who have attended the briefings that they are carrying away some serious misconceptions about the White Paper. Of course, I do not know exactly what was said, and it is possible that some people have just come away with misunderstandings about a complex topic. But the people I have heard from are not, I believe, idiots. – Martin Howe QC for ConservativeHome Professor Patrick Minford: World Trade rules are nothing to be scared of: UK will flourish without dead hand of EU Even her Chequers proposals look likely to be unacceptable. Even though these effectively mean remaining in the Single Market and by tying ourselves to EU standards make trade deals difficult, they ask for some ability to control immigration and do not accept the Customs Union.The European Parliament has threatened to veto them. But in any case all along she has failed to see that this circle cannot be squared. The EU defines itself politically in its roadmap to political union in terms of the unified market and polity behind a customs wall.In the federalist canon the four freedoms including migration are sacred political commitments. In continental history this is nothing new. Bismarck united Germany in a customs union. – Professor Patrick Minford for The Express Sven Hughes: Opaque firms like Amazon pose a bigger risk of civil unrest than Brexit Amazon now joins Airbus and BMW as the vanguards of Project Fear 2.0.At the end of last week, Doug Gurr, the UK Manager for the American online retail giant, warned that there could be “civil unrest” if we leave the EU with no deal.Let’s put Mr Gurr’s comments in context, shall we? They were made at Chevening during a meeting between around 40 business leaders and Brexit ministers.So far, so good. But now let’s look at them with some wider context. The company paid a paltry £15m in tax on European revenues of £19.5bn in 2016, despite saying in 2015 that it would stop diverting sales and profits away from the UK through its oh-so complicated corporate structures. Then Amazon UK services halved its declared UK corporation tax bill in 2016, while simultaneously seeing its turnover rise from £946m to £1.46bn. I can’t imagine why Mr Gurr would prefer to keep the current status quo, can you? If the UK is currently offering Amazon that kind of discount on its taxes, then it makes all the business sense in the world to stick rather than twist on Brexit. – Sven Hughes for City A.M. In Brief Looking at Brexit from on top, rather than from underneath – Sir Paul Marshall for Briefings for Brexit Don’t blame the Tories for a Brexit ‘no deal’ – Brendan O’Neill for The Spectator Remainers want to stitch us up over the summer. Theresa May must stop them, not swan off on holiday – John Longworth for the Telegraph (£) ERG ideologues are wrecking the prospect of a workable Brexit – James Cullimore for Reaction May treated Davis with contempt. – Sean Walsh for CommentCentral Remainiacs demand another chance to tear Britain apart – Nick Booth for ConservativeWoman Unstopping the Northern Ireland backstop – which threatens to block a deal – Henry Newman for ConservativeHome A quarter of Brits would back a far-right political party because they think the mainstream has let them down – The Sun Police launch probe as Brexit MP is targeted by vile troll who tells her ‘go f*** yourself with barbed wire’ – The Sun An easy supply of cheap labour can sometimes come at a high price – Juliet Samuel for the Telegraph (£) Supreme Court case over Scottish Brexit bill to begin – BBC News Post-Brexit green watchdog must have teeth, MPs demand – Guardian ‘Subversive’ civil servants secretly blacklisted under Thatcher – Guardian