Theresa May to host meeting to finalise Brexit white paper

Theresa May is to have a cabinet meeting at her Chequers country retreat at the end of next week to finalise the Brexit white paper in a showdown.

Sources told Sky News the meeting had been pencilled in for 5 and 6 July, with cabinet ministers told to bring their overnight bags as the prime minister locks in her top team to thrash out an agreement.

The much-awaited white paper, setting out detailed plans on the UK’s post-Brexit future, will be published on 9 July.

After months of prevaricating, the prime minister will have to finally set out what sort of post-Brexit customs rules she wants in a showdown meeting.

Source: SkyNews