Today’s Political Headlines include Boris Johnson calls on Theresa May to negotiate a Canada-style free trade deal, scrap unconditional offers urge independent school teachers and Corbyn increases fears of no-deal Brexit.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
Boris Johnson calls on Theresa May to negotiate a Canada-style free trade deal<\/span> Scrap unconditional offers urges independent school headteachers<\/span> Corbyn increases fears of no-deal Brexit<\/span> Alarm over appointment of food supplies minister<\/span> Head teachers plan a protest at Downing Street funding rally<\/span> \u00a340K spent to hide how rarely former northern powerhouse minister visited the North<\/span> Jacob Rees-Mogg targets the PM for doing nothing to support families<\/span>
\n<\/strong>The Telegraph<\/em> reports<\/a> that Boris Johnson has laid out what he would do if he was Prime Minister, including telling the EU that Britain will no longer accept the Irish backstop it signed up to last December, and that the border issue must instead be resolved in free trade talks after Brexit. He plans to negotiate a “SuperCanada” tariff-free trade deal during the transition period to maintain the benefits of being in the single market.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The Times<\/em> are reporting<\/a> on comments made by the heads of Britain\u2019s top independent schools, which called on universities to end unconditional offers to prospective students. The suggestion has been made by executive director of the Headmasters\u2019 and Headmistresses\u2019 Conference, Mike Buchanan, who claimed that once students are given unconditional offers and know they don\u2019t have to pass, performance in their A levels drops.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The Guardian<\/em> have reported<\/a> on a meeting yesterday between leader of the Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn and EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier, in which Corbyn told officials he would vote down any deal that fails to replicate the benefits of membership of the single market and customs union. Barnier was said to be interested in having more detail on Labour\u2019s six Brexit tests, with rising concerns in the EU that the UK parliament will vote down any deal put forward by Prime Minister Theresa May.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The Independent<\/em> are reporting<\/a> on concerns over the recent appointment of David Rutley as food supplies minister, who has taken on the brief amid increasing fears of a no-deal Brexit. A former executive at Asda and PepsiCo, Rutley will manage readiness and the \u2018food chain\u2019. Labour have described the appointment as an indication of the \u2018catastrophic damage\u2019 no-deal could cause.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>BBC News<\/em> reports<\/a> that hundreds of head teachers from England and Wales are due to attend a rally today to demand extra funding for schools. Teaching union members, parents and staff have taken part in numerous protests about the budget squeeze over the past few years.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>According<\/a> to The Guardian<\/em>, the Government had spent two years and \u00a340,000 of taxpayers’ money trying to hide how little former Northern powerhouse minister, James Wharton visited the North of England in his role.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The Daily Mail<\/em> reports<\/a> that backbench MP Jacob Rees-Mogg has complained the Tories are doing nothing to promote traditional family values. He is planning a major intervention at Tory conference, and will tell party activists that successive governments have encouraged family breakdown with perverse welfare and tax policies.<\/p>\n