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Faisal Islam
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No 10 readout of call with Chancellor Merkel - PM reiterated that “UK and EU have agreed to accelerate efforts to reach a deal without the backstop which the UK Parliament could support”...
Can’t see anyone in the EU saying its accelerating efforts to reach a deal without a backstop - which is what Number 10 say the PM reiterated to Merkel in its readout below - indeed that’s now what the No 10 readout said after the Juncker lunch either.
Ah. “The statement is wrong” says EU source re PMs characterisation of EU position to Merkel. Brussels happy to intensify talks on any UK idea that “may come forward” that offers a “legally sound solution for avoiding a hard border”...
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Faisal Islam
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Quite the development this - NFU developing “fairness for farmers” campaigning videos against No Deal Brexit and calling for review of the final No Deal tariffs... (which we have been told were imminent at various points over past month) - think about interaction with an election
First up -NFU obviously believe these zero tariffs on competing imports to keep inflation down are still in play for review. Remember also told same re the refinery problem. Also issues around bioethanol, apparently.

But where is tariff schedule, just weeks before No Deal? /1
Retailers, producers, farmers, refiners etc - really need to know what the final tariffs are going to be. Plastering the nation with adverts imploring people to “get ready” for No Deal risk falling a little flat when this is one of the principal differences to get ready for /2
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Faisal Islam
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letters appeared on gov.uk late last night:
1. Brexit Sec Barclay says “insufficient time to complete work” to plan no deal mitigations if left till last days of October
2. Asks for Commission to allow bilateral (eg UK-Fr etc) prep
3. Barnier says No - pass WA
Interesting open admission by Govt. on “insufficient time” though not wildly surprising. Having admitted that though, they surely cannot for example change by much the Yellowhammer assumptions on trade flow in time for Oct 31st...
Barnier’s reply: “We will not enter into any negotiations with the United Kingdom on these matters”... ie No Deal mitigations will be unilateral. this is perhaps the point at which “they need us more than we need them” is supposed to kick in.
NB this was sent before ydays talks..
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Faisal Islam
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Dorset special needs school letter to parents saying it has bought a freezer to store extra food to deal with no Deal Brexit risks, increased non-perishable food stocks after the council published its no Deal Brexit risk register, and suggested contacting GPs over prescriptions:
This is after the local council published its Brexit risk register - including an earlier version of this document we obtained over summer, alongside many other council’s similar documents, many of which listed similar concerns dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/your-community…
Councils plans and identifications of these risks were in turn specifically requested by central Government as part of first stage Yellowhammer preparations for No Deal - here’s our story on school meals from last month:
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Katy Hayward
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Sir Graham Brady plans to table an amendment the Withdrawal Agmt (WA) bill to make it law that Alternative Arrangements (AA) to the #backstop must be in place by end of transition period.
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