Sign up here to receive the daily news briefing in your inbox every morning with exclusive insight from the BrexitCentral team Jeremy Corbyn mounts new bid to tie UK to single market and European Court of Justice after Brexit… Labour will attempt to keep Britain permanently tied to the single market after leaving the EU and bound by the rulings of the European Court of Justice during a crucial Brexit vote next week. Jeremy Corbyn has tabled an amendment to the EU Withdrawal Bill calling for “full access” to the single market, shared institutions and regulations with Brussels and “common minimum standards, rights and protections”. The move is intended to see off a rebellion by up to 70 Labour MPs over a Lords amendment which will keep Britain in the European Economic Area… It is understood Labour MPs will abstain on the Lords EEA amendment but will be asked to back the party’s call for a “bespoke” deal which would see shared UK-EU institutions and regulations. – Telegraph Jeremy Corbyn promises ‘softest Brexit’ possible with full access to single market in policy shift – The Sun Corbyn backs free movement with fantasy internal market amendment – Guido Fawkes Labour bids for ‘softest’ Brexit deal in new shift – The Times (£) Labour demands “full access” to Single Market after Brexit through amendment to EU Withdrawal Bill – City A.M. Labour suggests softer approach to Brexit – FT (£) Labour reveals ‘scheme’ to maintain access to EU single market – Guardian Corbyn facing Labour Remainer backlash as he demands ‘new single market’ after Brexit – Sky News …as Theresa May warned in Eurosceptic MPs’ dossier that accepting Lords amendments could ‘reverse Brexit’ Theresa May is being warned by rightwing Eurosceptic MPs that any climbdown on amendments to Brexit legislation next week will be “catastrophic politically” and could “potentially reverse” the decision to leave the European Union. There are fears that Mrs May is prepared to back down and accept some of the 15 “opposition” amendments which were made to the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill. The Telegraph can disclose that a 35 page dossier which will be sent to ministers by a group of Eurosceptic MPs this week makes clear that five of the 15 amendments will cause “serious damage” to Brexit. The dossier singles out the amendments on a giving Parliament a meaningful vote on the final deal, the exit day, a statement on joining the customs union, remaining a member of the European Economic Area and giving the Irish republic a say over security in Northern Ireland. – Telegraph Labour plan to obstruct Brexit in the Commons – Express editorial Theresa May’s new Brexit blueprint ‘delayed until after crunch EU summit in June’… Theresa May’s new Brexit blueprint on Britain’s future relationship with Brussels has been delayed and will not be published until after June’s crunch EU summit, it has emerged. The European Council will meet on June 28-29 and the expectation was that the UK would publish a lengthy document detailing what it wants its relationship with the bloc to look like after withdrawal before EU leaders convene. But the document, likely to run to 150 pages, has reportedly been temporarily shelved, dashing the hopes of Brexiteers who wanted it to set the tone for discussions. Leave-backing MPs now fear decisions about the UK’s future relationship will be pushed back even further and the “can” may be “kicked down the road” closer to the October meeting of the council when the broad terms of a deal are supposed to be agreed – Telegraph …as ‘furious’ David Davis hits out at Downing Street officials for delaying decisions again… Furious David Davis has threatened to humiliate Theresa May by making a plea to the full Cabinet to overrule yet another Brexit delay. The angry Brexit Secretary believes No10 officials are “putting sand in the engine” by insisting on rewriting a long-promised Brexit blueprint paper for a FIFTH time. It also emerged last night that key decisions on a new customs relationship with the EU will be ducked yet again when the Cabinet’s Brexit committee meets on Thursday… Meanwhile a friend of David Davis described him as “very bullish” on making sure the 150 page White Paper setting out the future relationship with the EU be published before a crunch meeting of EU leaders in two weeks time. The pal said he was “prepared to go to the whole Cabinet with his concerns if he has to”, threatening to plunge Mrs May’s top team into new turmoil. Such a move would be an unprecedented challenge to the Prime Minister’s authority and the major row over what to do about the White Paper has marked a new low in the pair’s relationship… “For months Europe have been demanding we give them more detail and now we are going out of way not to give it to them,” one [Davis ally] said. – The Sun …with Downing Street reportedly blocking Cabinet from seeing Brexit white paper Theresa May has broken her deadline of publishing the government’s Brexit white paper this month after signalling it won’t now appear until after the EU summit this month. David Davis is kicking off and threatening a Cabinet protest. Guido understands the white paper is finished, ready and waiting to go but is being blocked by a combination of Number 10, the Treasury and HMRC. Downing Street is refusing to even share it with Cabinet ministers, despite requests to see it. This has caused almost as much annoyance as – yet another – delay to the Brexit plan. – Guido Fawkes European port bosses promise they will be ready for Brexit – but only if the Government stops dithering over customs policy Channel port bosses today begged Theresa May to end the customs “vacuum” promising MPs they are ready to make Brexit work – but only if they are given trade details. The experts said they can be “very flexible” but only if the government stops dithering over customs policy. The Calais, Eurotunnel and Zeebrugge chiefs said they could “absolutely” deliver a workable Brexit solution by 2021 – but not if they are kept in the dark and “time is money”… Port of Zeebrugge CEO Joachim Coens dismissed claims from HMRC that new technological solutions to the border headache will be a £20 billion blight on business, saying: “I believe the costs are not the big issue”… [Channel Tunnel boss John Keefe said] that “around the world there is a lot of very good smart border technology” that could be copied for the UK and EU. “There are elements of that technology that could be used in a smart border environment anywhere. We believe it is the way to go in both immigration terms and in the movement of freight.” – The Sun Calais boss warns ‘clock is ticking’ over Brexit – Sky News ‘Too late’ for tech solution to no-deal Brexit, port chiefs warn – Telegraph Norwegian PM asks UK: Why would you want our EU single market deal? The prime minister of Norway asked why the U.K. would want a relationship with the EU that’s similar to the one her country has with the bloc. Supporters of a soft Brexit often cite a version of the “Norway model” — with close regulatory alignment with Brussels and membership of the single market — as a less economically damaging route out of the EU. But during a Politico interview in Brussels Tuesday, Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg pointed out that it would mean Britain continuing to abide by the four EU freedoms, including freedom of movement, as well as having no decision-making power in Brussels. “Then I should just ask why … should you leave the EU if you’re accepting that?” she said. – Politico Norway lukewarm on UK joining EEA club – Telegraph > WATCH: Norway’s Prime Minister asks why the UK would Brexit to adopt the Norway model? Gordon Brown warns Westminster not to get trapped in Brexit ‘small print’ instead of addressing ‘root causes’ of Brexit Britain could be “paralysed” for years because Westminster parties have not “woken up” to the causes of Brexit, ex-prime minister Gordon Brown says. He said the country risked getting “trapped” in Brexit “small print”. The former Labour PM told the BBC politicians also needed to focus on low wages, migration and the NHS… He said Parliament had not yet grasped the “drivers of the dissatisfaction” that led to the 2016 vote to leave the European Union… He listed stagnant wages, “left-out communities”, migration, sovereignty and the NHS as issues that needed to be addressed alongside the finer points of Brexit, describing the referendum result as a “huge political earthquake”. Appealing to the “Westminster leaderships”, he added: “We’re not addressing these problems, we’ve got to address them now.” – BBC News Gordon Brown calls for migration crackdown to help heal the divisions of Brexit – The Sun Gordon Brown calls for tougher controls on migration – Guardian Liberals can’t ignore the politics of immigration – Daniel Finkelstein for The Times (£) Javid knows that we need a fresh take on migration – Stephen Pollard for the Express The Tories should listen to the public, not their leader, on immigration – Sunder Katwala for the Guardian Scottish Government report admits Brexit could generate £540 million and 5,000 jobs for fishing industry… Brexit could generate £540 million and 5,000 jobs for the Scottish fishing industry, according to a detailed analysis published by the SNP government that concluded the UK’s extra catch would dwarf the impact of trade barriers. A report commissioned by agency Marine Scotland found that the UK leaving the EU’s hated Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) and gaining the entire quota from its waters would increase the seafood sector’s economic output by up to 21 per cent. Although tariffs and other trade barriers from leaving the single market would have a negative impact, these would be far outweighed by the impact of reallocating catch in British waters from foreign to Scottish vessels. Of the four scenarios modelled in the report, the only one showing Brexit would have a negative impact assumed that EU fishermen would retain their current quota in the UK’s 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). – Telegraph (£) …as Whitehall promises profitable farming post-Brexit The government will take steps to ensure farms can operate profitably after Brexit, the environment secretary has insisted, as MPs challenged ministers to keep taxpayer funding for agriculture after EU subsidies are withdrawn. Michael Gove said food production was at the heart of British farming. He told the all-party parliamentary environment group: “It would be impossible to sustain everything we value in rural Britain without thriving food production. And we need a balance [with environmental protection].” His insistence on food at the core of the agriculture remit of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) will be welcomed by farmers, who have seen lower productivity in recent years and were concerned by his previous emphasis on the environmental responsibilities of farming. – Guardian Farmers worried over ‘lack of detail’ in post-Brexit plans – Sky News Pound boosted as service sector growth picks up The pound has risen after a closely watched survey suggested that growth in the UK’s key services sector was faster than expected in May, renewing talk of a possible interest rate rise. The purchasing managers’ index (PMI) from IHS Markit/CIPS hit a three-month high of 54.0, up from 52.8 in April. A figure above 50 indicates expansion… The services sector accounts for about 80% of the UK economy. The latest PMI survey “signalled a solid upturn in overall business activity across the service economy”, IHS Markit said. – BBC News Archbishop of Canterbury slammed after saying the EU is ‘the greatest dream realised for human beings’ for over 1,500 years The European Union is “the greatest dream realised for human beings” for the past 1,500 years, the Archbishop of Canterbury has said. The Archbishop said the EU ranked as the greatest achievement “since the fall of the western Roman Empire” in the fifth century… But David Jones, a former minister in the Department for Exiting the EU, said the Archbishop was mistaken: “The European Union is not democratic – it is the world’s greatest bureaucracy, it is governed by unelected commissioners. If the Archbishop of Canterbury thinks that this is utopia then he has a very different view of most Britons. It is an indication of the way the Anglican church is out of touch with the people of this country. I am just astounded.” – Telegraph Archbishop of Canterbury infuriates Brexiteers by branding EU the ‘greatest dream realised for human beings since the fall of the Roman Empire’ – The Sun Archbishop of Cantebury: EU is greatest human achievement for 1500 years – Guido Fawkes ‘Deluded’ Archbishop of Canterbury hails EU and Brussels as the ‘greatest dream realised’ – Express Farmer attacks EU over plan to put down Penka the stray cow The tale of Penka the cow, who was sentenced to death by over zealous border officials, is a tale of mendacious bureaucracy that has caught the imagination of politicians and media across the continent… Her troubles began early last month, when one night she wandered out of her mountain pasture in Bulgaria’s Kyustendil region… About two weeks later, a “very good guy called Nikol” found her grazing outside the town of Bosilegrad, 40 kilometres away in Serbia, and traced her owner via the the tags in her ears. But when Mr Haralampiev drove over the relatively open border to pick her up – after picking up a clear bill of health from a Serbian vet – his problems began. “It’s not a Serbian problem. It’s a Bulgarian problem,” he told the Telegraph. “The veterinary officer on the Bulgarian border said ‘she’s entering the EU without the proper paper work so she must be put down immediately.” – Telegraph (£) Petition: Save Penka the cow – Change.org 12,000 sign petition to save Penka from sick EU killers – Guido Fawkes How Penka the cow, sentenced to death by Brussels for straying from Bulgaria into Serbia, sums up all that’s wrong with the EU – Quentin Letts for the Daily Mail Alex Wickham: How Brexiteers lost control of Brexit Officials familiar with the government’s plan say the U.K.’s future relationship with the EU will be a long way off Leave campaigners’ preferred destination of Canada-style regulatory divergence, and the U.K.’s rules will remain much closer to the rest of the bloc, a model they vociferously opposed at the end of last year… But, despite all the noise, May and her team believe they have found a fudge that the majority of her Cabinet can stomach, partly because some pro-Leave Tories didn’t realize what was happening, because others came around to May’s approach, and because the rest did not have a plan to stop it. In short, Brexiteers lost control of Brexit. December’s agreement with the EU was the moment Leave MPs took their eyes off the ball, many now concede… In a major win, May convinced some Brexiteers they should sign up to a deal they may not love in the short term, but that gives them a chance to diverge in the years ahead, according to officials in Downing Street and allies of Leave-supporting Cabinet ministers… Senior Leavers in the government said the U.K. is headed for a Brexit that nominally keeps the country outside the single market but binds Britain to the EU’s regulatory framework — to all intents and purposes inside a customs union and with large, ongoing payments to Brussels. – Alex Wickham for Politico Theresa May’s popularity ratings plunge to second lowest in the Cabinet amongst Tory members, while Michael Gove and Sajid Javid come out top – The Sun Bill Cash: The EU Withdrawal Bill. No Conservative colleague should defy the will of the people next week Eventually in 2015, a decision was at last agreed to authorise by Act of Parliament a referendum on our membership of the European Union. This deliberately transferred from MPs themselves the decision as to whether to remain in or leave the EU and, with it, to regain our freedom to make our own laws, in line with the wishes of voters in general elections. The EU Withdrawal Bill, which returns to the Commons next week, was introduced to give statutory effect to that referendum result. It therefore repeals the 1972 Act, and unshackles us from all the treaties, rights and obligations that go with it, including our subjugation to these undemocratically imposed European laws… Voting to support these Lords amendments would undermine the Government’s negotiations and Brexit itself. We are escaping the EU just as so many other member states are despairing at the EU’s lack of democracy and accountability, and its failures on immigration and the rule of law. Their electors are repeatedly voting with their feet. The referendum was an instruction by the British people to leave the EU. This Bill should be passed without these disreputable Lords amendments – and the Government and the United Kingdom must not be undermined at this critical junction in our history. – Sir Bill Cash MP for ConservativeHome Barnabas Reynolds: Brexit legal myths and the damage they are causing The EU legal system is at odds with the needs of a free market. Its execution effectively prioritises the role of EU officials to the detriment of individual entrepreneurialism. This is because of an opaque EU legislative process, a lack of legal clarity and the far-reaching purposive, or non-literal method of interpretation… Supposed to create a single EU market, it has instead controlled and restricted enterprise and growth. The result is a hugely prescriptive blanket of law, which transfers authority from member states to the EU itself. The process has largely been one of constant accretion. Rarely (if ever) does it remove or simplify. Nor does the slow legislative process make for dynamic change. It facilitates delegation to EU “technocratic” authorities with their own politicised agendas. Standards are set to reflect the interests of current commercial incumbents, often only in specific member states, so damaging weaker rivals and making new entry problematic. The problem is exacerbated by EU trade deals and the half-built euro – both structured in ways that further enhance incumbent interests.. The results speak for themselves. EU economic growth compares unfavourably with that in other parts of the world. – Barnabas Reynolds for the Telegraph (£) Gwythian Prins: A Very English Coup d’Etat They say that the devil is in the detail – and that is certainly the case with the government’s Brexit plans on defence and security. On 24 May, Gavin Williamson delivered a major speech on defence at the First Sea Lord’s Seapower Conference. It was a good speech, but then, under cover of the positive news coverage which it attracted, the Department for Exiting the EU slipped out a ‘Technical Note’. They must have hoped nobody would notice… This ‘Technical Note’ spells out the Government’s ambitions for a ‘deep and special partnership’ with the EU in Defence and Security after Brexit… But as the Sun revealed – when it published the ‘Kit Kat Tapes’ (so called because they revealed how Whitehall officials were hatching a plan akin to a Kit Kat, with superficially Brexit chocolate covering up the UK’s continued ties to Brussels) – like the Kit Kat tapes, this ‘Technical Note’ is in fact a matter of over-riding national interest. – Gwythian Prins for the Spectator Comment in brief Boris Johnson deserves a jet – and a beefed-up Foreign Office – Matthew Elliott for City A.M. Tory Remainer rebels see Johnson Heathrow freedom as licence to defy May on Brexit – Bloomberg Carillion’s collapse shows up the failure of the EU’s complex tender rules – Judy Terry for ConservativeHome From Heathrow to train chaos, we are becoming a nation of timid bunglers – Philip Johnston for the Telegraph (£) Theresa May prepares her Irish backstop – James Blitz for the FT (£) Exposed: the harsh reality of Brexiteers’ trade deal fantasy – Sir Vince Cable, Anna Soubry and Chuka Umunna for The Times (£) News in brief UK military secondments to EU to cease after Brexit – FT (£) Concerns for eastern Europeans working in ‘grey economy’ in Brexit ‘settled status’ plan – Guardian Ex-Vote Leave staff targeted with dodgy data pitch – Guido Fawkes Government making contingency preparations to keep Northern Ireland lights on in case of disruptive no deal Brexit – The Times (£) EU outmanoeuvres UK in latest battle over Galileo – FT (£) European businesses advised to avoid using British parts ahead of Brexit – Sky News And finally… Brussels hits France where it hurts – by ordering its border guards to learn English The European Union has dealt France, which is notoriously protective of its mother tongue, a bitter blow by ordering its border guards to learn English. France has long bridled against the rise of English as the EU’s lingua franca and its usurpation of French as the international language of diplomacy. The country of Moliere is a member of the EU’s passport-free Schengen Zone and as such it must submit to periodical assessment of its border controls, which are evaluated in confidential reports… The conclusions, backed by all 28-member states, including France, revealed that not enough border guards at French airports or the port of Calais spoke English… French hopes that their language would return to supremacy in Brussels after Brexit appear doomed to failure because many of the newer EU members from Eastern Europe have English as their most popular second language. – Telegraph