Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen, including the Commons debate on staying in the customs union after Brexit 2.52pm BST Meg Hillier, the Labour chair of the Commons public accounts committee, told MPs that the UK should stay in the customs union and that the alternative was “chaos, cost, confusion and huge cost to the British economy”.She also stressed that her committee, and others, have done a lot of work that has exposed the disadvantages of leaving the EU. 2.40pm BST In the Commons Sir Hugo Swire, a Conservative, is speaking now. He says he voted remain. But he accepts the result, and he does not believe that people were voting to stay in the customs union. He also says he does not see why people would want to remain tied to the EU when its share of global trade is falling. Continue reading…
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