Here at the Unison centre in central London where Jeremy Corbyn is due to deliver a major speech at 9:30. It’s all very mysterious. Labour sources are tight-lipped as to what it’s actually going to be about. “It’ll add to the excitement when you find out,” one says. 
Team Starmer is here. Suggests a Brexit-related speech.
Here we go. Corbyn, Starmer and Louise Haigh have taken to the stage.
Jeremy Corbyn says Brexit for Boris Johnson is about “reversing hard fought gains by working people” and “unleashing Thatcherism on steroids.”
Corbyn has got a new document! He says the 15-page secret report by the government admits that there will be checks between NI and GB under Johnson’s deal. “It’s there in black and white.”
Corbyn says the confidential government document says the Brexit deal will be, and he quotes, “highly-disruptive to the Northern Irish economy” and equivalent to 30% tariffs on all purchases in Northern Ireland.
“This document is very ominous,” Corbyn says. He warns that there’ll be more secret reports out there containing stark details on how the Brexit deal will affect things like food standards and workers rights. He accuses Johnson of wanting the public to vote “blind.”
We’ve just been given the documents. It’s marked as Treasury analysis and warns about “high negative impact” on the NI economy due to friction on imports and exports as a result of Johnson’s deal with the EU.
Starmer says “he’s always been a fan of evidence” and says these documents are important because they’re the government’s own evidence
Stark warning about the economic impact of new west-east checks on NI on page 8: “98% of NI exporters to GB are SMEs who are likely to struggle to bear this cost”
Just asked Keir Starmer whether single market alignment means *full* single market alignment. He tells me Labour wants alignment that is “sufficient to avoid checks and friction at the border.” Interesting answer - the EU has repeatedly said that this requires full alignment.
This handy Treasury table leaked by Labour lists all the potential barriers to trade between NI and GB under Johnson’s Brexit deal with the EU
Story: Treasury analysis revealed by Labour contradicts Johnson's claim that there'll be no new Irish sea checks
° There'll be checks *both ways*
° They'll likely cause price rises in NI
° SMEs - 98% of NI exporters to GB - will "struggle" to bear cost
businessinsider.com/jeremy-corbyn-…
° There'll be checks *both ways*
° They'll likely cause price rises in NI
° SMEs - 98% of NI exporters to GB - will "struggle" to bear cost
businessinsider.com/jeremy-corbyn-…
