Sign up here to receive the daily news briefing in your inbox every morning with exclusive insight from the BrexitCentral team David Davis hands over edited sectoral analysis documents to Brexit Committee… The government has handed over its analysis of the impact of Brexit on parts of the economy – but the reports are not complete. There has been a long-running row over the studies of 58 sectors. MPs voted on 1 November for them to be released. Labour and some Conservative MPs have demanded their publication, saying they were being kept in the dark about the impact Brexit might have. Documents have now been sent to the Brexit Committee of MPs. – BBC The Department for Exiting the European Union has found itself in a pickle thanks to a stash of documents that government sources claim don’t really exist. The opposition parties are indignant that they have not been given the full version of the documents that the government claims didn’t exist in the first place. And they are intent on pushing them back to parliament to force them to give more information about the things that don’t exist, or do exist.. This is because tonight, the one thing that we can be sure of is that there is a cache of hundreds of pages of documents sitting in a safe somewhere in Westminster. Lots of MPs are cross and the government, which already has its plate more than full, has just failed to close down a brouhaha that has already been going on for months. – Laura Kuenssberg for the BBC …as anti-Brexit MPs suggest Davis could be in contempt of Parliament Opposition MPs accused the Brexit secretary of leaving out “politically embarrassing” information after he refused to include anything deemed to be market sensitive or that he said could damage the UK’s negotiations with the EU27. Davis said he was withholding the information because he had “received no assurances from the [Brexit] committee regarding how any information passed will be used”. But that triggered a furious reaction from MPs on the Brexit select committee who were supposed to be handed over the reports after a unanimous and binding vote of MPs. One option, they said, is to trigger contempt proceedings against the cabinet minister. – Guardian David Davis under fire for ‘editing’ 58 reports into economic effect of Brexit – saying they will not damage EU talks – Telegraph (£) Anger at redacted Brexit papers – The Times (£) David Davis heading for row over Brexit sectoral papers – FT (£) May likely to face Tory anger over extending Brussels rule during transition Theresa May will be told next month by the EU that she will have to legislate to extend Brussels’ powers in Britain during a two-year Brexit transition period, in a move likely to inflame tensions with Eurosceptic Tory MPs… Mrs May will be told at next month’s European Council that if she wants a transition deal “on current terms”, she will need to enact new legislation that will temporarily duplicate many of the powers she plans to repeal… The EU27 are preparing guidelines that will lay down detailed transition conditions, which Britain would need to enact in domestic legislation — a point that the UK has implicitly recognised. These include the supremacy of the ECJ, the powers of the European Commission to enforce EU rules, and the direct effect of EU regulations adopted before and during the transitional period. – FT (£) Michel Barnier hopeful for Brexit agreement in ‘next few days’ Britain and the EU will hopefully reach an agreement on sufficient progress in Brexit talks within “the next few days”, the EU’s chief negotiator has said. Michel Barnier told an EU conference in Tallinn, Estonia that the “moment of truth” was approaching for Britain’s exit talks and that “real, sufficient progress” was in sight. “I do hope in the next few days we will come up with an agreement on principles, and a real agreement,” he said. “We need to have real, sufficient progress in the three key areas where the UK’s decision has created a lot of uncertainty and fear even.” – Independent Upbeat Barnier hopes for Brexit breakthrough ‘in next few days’ – Express Still no resolution to Ireland´s political crisis as Varadkar seeks to avoid election… Crisis talks between Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin to avert a general election broke up on Monday night without resolution. Discussions are due to resume this morning before a crucial vote of no confidence in Ireland’s deputy premier Frances Fitzgerald is scheduled to take place, potentially causing the Irish Government to fall. A spokesman for the Taoiseach said there was “serious engagement on both sides” during Monday night’s talks. He added: “All remain keen to avoid an election in the interest of the country.” Earlier Mr Varadkar again stressed his support for Ms Fitzgerald, who is under renewed pressure to resign over her handling of a police whistleblower scandal. – PA …as former Taoiseach says Ireland should take Theresa May ‘at her word’ on border pledge… Ireland should take Theresa May “at her word” when she says the UK Government does not want a post-Brexit hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic, a former Taoiseach has said. Bertie Ahern, who served as Irish prime minister for more than a decade before leaving office in 2008, said Mrs May had “constantly said she doesn’t want a physical border” between the two countries… Mr Ahern said he believed technology could be used to keep track of the majority of goods and therefore the creation of a hard border could be avoided. – Telegraph (£) Ireland won’t need to veto Brexit trade talks, says Simon Coveney – The Times (£) …while Kate Hoey says Ireland will have to pay for a border if it wants one MP Kate Hoey claimed “it might not be too long” before Ireland followed the UK in voting to leave the EU. But that claim was branded “delusional and ignorant” by Irish Senator Neale Richmond who quoted a poll showing 88% support for his nation to stay in. The Labour MP said Ireland would have to pay for a border if it wanted one, despite the Fine Gael politician saying he did not want a border, while Conservative Paul Masterton said building a wall and getting the Irish to pay for it was not “credible.” – BBC Hard border would damage peace, Ireland claims – The Times (£) Britain and Ireland talk at cross purposes on the border – Tony Connelly for the FT (£) > Watch on BrexitCentral’s Youtube Channel: BrexitCentral’s Jonathan Isaby discusses the Irish border on Radio 5 Live I would have told the EU to “sod off” over divorce bill, says Priti Patel Former Cabinet minister Priti Patel has launched an attack on the Government’s Brexit strategy, saying she would have told Brussels to “sod off” over its divorce bill demands. The prominent Brexiteer, who resigned as International Development Secretary earlier this month, said the Government should have been more forthright in setting out its desired “end state” for the talks. She said the Government has been “ill-equipped” for the Brexit negotiations. Ms Patel said one of the Government’s failings had been not setting out the economic opportunities that Brexit presented. – Telegraph (£) Government appoints new HM Trade Commissioners team to boost trade around the globe The Secretary of State for International Trade, Dr Liam Fox, has announced the creation of nine new HM Trade Commissioner roles to represent the UK in trade markets abroad. The Department for International Trade (DIT) will recruit for a new team of Her Britannic Majesty’s Trade Commissioners (HMTCs). The HM Trade Commissioners, one of the government’s manifesto commitments, are expected to play a key role as the UK leaves the European Union. The HMTCs will head the global operations of DIT, leading on export promotion, inward and outward direct investment, and trade policy overseas on behalf of the UK government. – BDaily Iain Martin: Brexit negotiations crunch is coming much sooner than realised It simply cannot go on like this for much longer and time is extremely short. As the result of a strict legal process – Article 50 – the UK is leaving the EU at the end of March 2019. December 2017 and January 2018 will be swallowed by the holiday season and after the return to work the British government and business will find themselves with little more than a year – hardly any time at all – to prepare for the disruption of leaving and for life after the EU. The psychological shock of the realisation that there is a year to go will, absent a terror crisis, be the biggest and most salient single political fact in March next year. – Iain Martin for Reaction Andrew Lilico: The “Irish border question” is largely an invented problem In the case of the Ireland-Northern Ireland border it will not be more convenient to have a border than to not have one. That will of course create various challenges. Precisely what those challenges are and therefore how best to address them can only be determined once we know what sort of trading arrangements we will have across the Irish border post-Brexit. For example, will there be tariffs or not? If there are tariffs to pursue and enforce, we might use additional or different means to enforce them from if there are no tariffs. If regulatory differences are large, we might use additional or different means to enforce them from if they are small. If differences apply in agriculture but not in other sectors, we might enforce them differently from if, say, they do not apply to small agriculture operations. We need to know the trading arrangements to work that out. – Andrew Lilico for Reaction Peter Lilley: Brexit will end mass migration, raising productivity and wealth British employers were reluctant to train staff and invest as much as their competitors long before mass migration. Far fewer Brits have technical and vocational qualifications than in our major competitors. But it has worsened since Blair opened our borders first to more non-EU labour, then all East Europeans. Training time per worker halved between 1997 and 2012. And in the six years after allowing in East Europeans, business funding for training fell 15 per cent. To reverse this trend our immigration policy must change our current priorities. – Peter Lilley for Free Nations Melanie Phillips: Cheer up Remainers, Brexit will be a liberation This reversed the hitherto iron law of progressive politics: that for its subscribers the glass is always half-full and for their opponents it is always half-empty. Progressives see themselves as optimistic Tiggers for whom change is good, while they characterise their opponents as pessimistic Eeyores who look backwards to a rosy past and for whom the present always represents a terrifying decline. Yet now, both Remainers and Never-Trumpers are consumed by despair because they believe change to be apocalyptically bad. – Melanie Phillips for the Times (£) Tim Bale: On Brexit, Labour is about to take a big gulp from a poisoned chalice Jeremy Corbyn and co should be breathing a big sigh of relief that, as the EU Withdrawal Bill grinds its way through parliament, media coverage is more likely than ever to focus on a handful of Conservative ‘mutineers’ rather than on Her Majesty’s Opposition. This, plus the fact that all eyes will soon be on the next European Council meeting in Brussels, means voters won’t be anything like as aware as they should be that Labour remains as badly split as ever – and not just on how and when this country should leave the European Union, but whether it should leave at all. – Tim Bale for the New Statesman Comment in Brief Ireland is miscalculating by asking the impossible of Britain. But there is a way out of this Brexit impasse – Lord Hague for the Telegraph (£) The European Union needs the UK much more than we need them – Ross Clark for the Express A Canada-style EU deal would leave us with £36 billion less a year to spend on public services – Chuka Umunna MP for the i The Irish question may yet save Britain from Brexit – Polly Toynbee for the Guardian If Ireland overplays its hand, it could collapse the Brexit talks entirely. Which would hit it harder than us – Henry Newman for ConservativeHome The Office of Budget Responsibility becomes the story – Patrick Minford for the Express Rebranded strategy is welcome but Brexit complicates everything – Sir Vince Cable for the Times (£) More proof that the UK is a good place for inward investors – John Redwood’s Diary Staying in the Customs Union isn’t the answer to the Ireland question – David Campbell Bannerman MEP for City A.M. The UK is already Europe’s Capital of Culture – let’s prove it with a Brexit Biennale – Dominic Cavendish for the Telegraph (£) Angela Merkel’s party backs coalition with Social Democrats – Politico Millions rejected Angela Merkel’s grand coalition. How will they feel if it comes back? – Asa Bennett for the Telegraph (£) Hold fast over Brexit, Mrs May – Andrew Cadman for ConservativeWoman News in brief Corbyn more dangerous for markets than hard Brexit, warns Morgan Stanley – Telegraph (£) EU approves glyphosate weedkiller despite link to cancer – The Times (£) Britain should introduce one year ‘vindaloo visas’ to save the nation’s curry houses, Sir Vince Cable demands – The Sun UK banks can weather chaotic Brexit – Telegraph And Finally… European Parliament wants its own French ‘guesthouse’ The European Parliament plans to spend more than €600,000 upgrading and extending a property it owns near Paris that acts as a museum and conference center used by MEPs and EU staff. According to a document issued by the Parliament’s top staffer, Secretary General Klaus Welle, and obtained by Politico, senior MEPs agreed earlier this month to spend an estimated €364,000 to modernize the house of Jean Monnet, one of the EU’s intellectual forefathers. The aim is to boost visitor numbers to the museum and make Monnet’s “extraordinary way of thinking and negotiating better known to younger generations.” – Politico