Today’s political headlines includes May to be pressed to set departure date, Rees-Mogg apologises for changing mind over Brexit, Ministers could resign if Government doesn’t allow free votes today and Brexit extension could see UK leave EU in April 2020.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
May to be pressed to set departure date Rees-Mogg apologises for changing mind over Brexit deal Ministers could resign if Government doesn\u2019t allow free votes today Brexit extension could see UK leave EU in April 2020 Cameron tells ministers to push for soft Brexit Automatic speed limiters to be fitted to all new cars Government refuses to rethink \u2018loan charge\u2019 policy Tory MP criticised after using antisemitic term
\n<\/strong>According<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0The Daily Telegraph<\/em>, at today\u2019s meeting of the 1922 Committee of backbench Conservative MPs,\u00a0Theresa May is to be urged to say that she will resign by the autumn. This would lead a number of Brexiteers to withdraw their opposition to her Brexit deal. Speaking at an event organised by the paper, Boris Johnson has hinted that he might reluctantly back the deal if she did so. If she can secure enough backing, a new vote on the deal may be held on Thursday, although Michael Gove has suggested she pick Friday instead.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Writing<\/a>\u00a0in the\u00a0Daily Mail<\/em>, Jacob Rees-Mogg apologises for changing his mind and backing Theresa May\u2019s Brexit deal, so long as the DUP also back it. He claims that it has become clear that parliamentary numbers mean that \u2018all the other potential outcomes are worse\u2019. The paper adds that the European Research Group is likely to split over the deal, with a number of \u2018refuseniks\u2019 refusing to back it under any circumstances.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The Daily Telegraph\u00a0<\/em>claims<\/a>\u00a0that Theresa May has been warned that up to 20 pro-European junior ministers could resign unless she allows them to vote freely on their preferred Brexit outcomes today, although no Cabinet ministers are expected to quit.\u00a0The Guardian\u00a0<\/em>adds<\/a>\u00a0that Jeremy Corbyn is considering whether to back the \u2018Common Market 2.0\u2019 proposal in today\u2019s votes, which would keep the UK in the EEA and EFTA.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The Guardian\u00a0<\/em>reveals<\/a>\u00a0that the EU is to suggest a revised Brexit date of 1 April 2020 should the UK request a longer Brexit extension in the coming weeks. The date is contained in papers prepared for use should May have opted to request a longer extension at last week\u2019s European Council summit.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The Sun\u00a0<\/em>claims<\/a>\u00a0that former Prime Minister David Cameron has been privately critical to ministers over Theresa May\u2019s failure to pursue a cross-party Brexit compromise, urging remainer MPs to force her to back a customs union with the EU. He apparently told one MP that May would always \u2018put the party\u2019s interest first\u2019.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The Times\u00a0<\/em>says<\/a>\u00a0that new measures adopted by the European Commission will mean that all new cars sold in the EU must be fitted with automatic speed limiting and emergency braking technology within the next three years. The Government has pledged that British vehicle standards will be aligned with those of the EU after Brexit.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The\u00a0Financial Times<\/em>\u00a0says<\/a>\u00a0that Government has refused to rethink its \u2018loan charge\u2019 policy, which will see at least 50,000 people who used loan-based tax avoidance schemes taxed in a single financial year on income on loans they received up to two decades ago, leaving them with bills of up to six figures which they say they cannot pay. Sir Ed Davey, chair of the Loan Charge All-Party Parliamentary Group, said this \u2018offends against the rule of law\u2019.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The Guardian\u00a0<\/em>says<\/a>\u00a0that former Brexit minister Suella Braverman has been criticised by the Board of Deputies of British Jews after she used the term \u2018cultural Marxism\u2019, often linked to antisemitic conspiracy theories, in a speech. Questioned afterwards, the Conservative MP said that she stood by her use of the phrase, despite its far-right connotations.<\/p>\n