What's in the Brexit white paper?
The long-awaited document setting out the UK’s plan outlines five key objectives
by Peter Walker Political correspondent
Jul 12, 2018
4 minutes
The government has published its long-awaited Brexit white paper, the longest and most detailed explanation yet of its proposals for the UK’s future relationship with the EU. The 104-page document lays out many of the same plans detailed after the cabinet’s meeting at Chequers last week, but goes into much more detail. Here are the key elements:
Main principles
The white paper says the government seeks “a principled and practical Brexit”. It says its proposals follow on from Theresa May’s set-piece speeches at Lancaster House, in Florence, at Mansion House and in Munich, “and in doing so [address] questions raised by the EU in the intervening months”.
It says
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