Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen, including Boris Johnson’s Brexit speech 1.47pm GMT More from Tom Brake, the Lib Dem Brexit spokesman, on Boris Johnson.More shameless lies from @BorisJohnson, classic. The Leave campaign couldn’t be trusted in 2016 and can’t be trusted now. https://t.co/mpvK9MgOC7 1.44pm GMT Theresa May will be meeting with “a large number” of cabinet ministers in Downing Street today, a No 10 spokeswoman said. The meetings will be both with individual ministers and in groups throughout the day, the spokeswoman added, but there will not be a “cabinet gathering as such”. As the Press Association reports, the spokeswoman declined to give a list of names but said that more than half of cabinet ministers would be attending. She added: “I’m sure they will discuss a wide range of issues but you can expect Brexit to be a dominant focus.” The spokeswoman also that May had held “constructive” telephone conversations with German chancellor Angela Merkel and Dutch premier Mark Rutte yesterday. Continue reading…
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