Theresa May accepts Brexiter amendments to Government's customs plan
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Theresa May has bowed to pressure from Tory Brexiteers after accepting crucial changes to plans for leaving the European Union. Eurosceptics tabled amendments to the Government’s Customs Bill aimed at imposing strict conditions on the Prime Minister after she produced a plan at Chequers that would keep the UK closely tied to Brussels’ rules on goods and food. A Brexiteer source said the move confirmed that “Chequers is dead on arrival” after the Government accepted all four reforms put forward by Eurosceptics such as Jacob Rees-Mogg, Sir Bernard Jenkin, Priti Patel and Iain Duncan Smith. Two Brexit heavyweights, ...
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