Confeseration of British Industry

European Commission President Jean-Claude Junker has ruled another short extension and Yvette Cooper’s new legislation have torpedoed Theresa May’s strategy for a rapid, pre-European election Brexit.

Freight transport experts are alarmed by the scale of the defeat for the British Government’s flagship Brexit policy, the concerns are that a catastrophic no deal withdrawal is now looming. However, the markets have been more subdued, with the stock exchange showing minor shifts and the pound, quickly regaining losses it suffered on the vote.