Despite a deafening amount of Brexit-related noise over the weekend, we start the week with a feeling that things may finally be moving in the right direction. Of course, the cynic might argue that we've been in this position several times over the past month or so, only for optimistic headlines to be subsequently displaced by warnings of ’significant differences’. The recent deadlock has centred around what happens if either side wants to tighten up things like environmental rules, labour standards and state aid controls in future. Prime Minister Boris Johnson last week publicly pushed back on the idea that a) the ... (full story)