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Adam Payne
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New: The UK isn’t on track to be ready for a no-deal Brexit in October as preparations are “not happening quickly enough,” the PAC has warned in a new report calling for Whitehall work to be ramped up “urgently”🚨 businessinsider.com/pac-uk-governm…
A stark PAC report on no-deal Brexit readiness warns:

- Government prep "isn't happening quickly enough"
- UK isn't on track to be ready for 31/10
- Work must be ramped up "urgently"
- There's risk of cock-ups like Grayling's ferry fiasco happening again
businessinsider.com/pac-uk-governm…
The @instituteforgov's @jl_owen said the UK risks not being as prepared for Oct as it was for March because:

- Whitehall has been slowed down by high turnover
- businesses are more reluctant to spend money on prep having seen HMG "cry wolf twice before"
businessinsider.com/pac-uk-governm…
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Leaving the 1922 meeting just now, Conservative MP Keith Simpson says “it was classically Boris... The circus has come to town.” He adds that MPs who want a job in his government are “ambitious little shits.”
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Lib Dem leadership result coming at 16:20. 60-40 in favour of Swinson seems to be the popular prediction.
Jo Swinson is the new leader of the Lib Dems
Jo Swinson last month told me her biggest strength was an ability to win new voters

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