(TELEGRAPH) — Theresa May is backing a plan for Britain’s future relationship with the European Union that would tie up firms in regulation and make trade deals with other countries “impossible”, senior Brexiteers have warned.
Well-placed sources told The Sunday Telegraph that Mrs May had signalled her support for a “hybrid” plan drawn up by senior civil servants under which a post-Brexit Britain would collect customs duties on the EU’s behalf for goods destined for the bloc.
The warnings came amid broader concerns about whether the Government could back down on its pledge to leave the customs union altogether, amid overwhelming opposition in the House of Lords and the prospect of a fresh Commons vote this week.
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