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LABOUR and unions warned Theresa May against seeking to use EU exit negotiations as an excuse to ditch laws that protect workers, consumers and the environment as she kickstarts the two-year process today.
Shadow Brexit secretary Keir Starmer attacked Tory former work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith yesterday following his call for a “radical rootand-branch” review of EU regulations.
Mr Starmer said these “costly” regulations hated by rightwingers included basic workers’ rights, adding: “It is increasingly clear that rights and protections are seen by many senior Tories, including the Cabinet, as an “expensive” luxury that British workers and consumers can do without.
The cancelled China trip of the German Foreign Minister marks a break with Helmut Schmidt’s China policy and drives Germany further into Washington’s confrontation course, warns SEVIM DAGDELEN
US tariffs have had Von der Leyen bowing in submission, while comments from the former European Central Bank leader call for more European political integration and less individual state sovereignty. All this adds up to more pain and austerity ahead, argues NICK WRIGHT