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Westminster – LIVE: Boris Johnson set for showdown with Theresa May after attack on PM's ‘crazy’ customs plan Westminster – LIVE: Theresa May says she has 'full confidence' in Boris Johnson despite him calling her customs plan 'crazy'
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Boris Johnson, the Foreign Secretary, has launched a public assault on one of Theresa May’s proposals for a customs partnership after Brexit as ‘crazy’ in a major intervention.Boris Johnson, the Foreign Secretary, has launched a public assault on one of Theresa May’s proposals for a customs partnership after Brexit as ‘crazy’ in a major intervention.
Mr Johnson said proposals favoured by the Prime Minister would create a “whole new web of bureaucracy” in remarks ahead of a Cabinet meeting at Downing Street on Tuesday morning. Mr Johnson said proposals favoured by the Prime Minister would create a “whole new web of bureaucracy” in remarks before a Cabinet meeting at Downing Street on Tuesday.
“It's totally untried and would make it very, very difficult to do free trade deals,” he said. "If you have the new customs partnership, you have a crazy system whereby you end up collecting the tariffs on behalf of the EU at the UK frontier." But the Prime Minister's official spokesman said Ms May continues to have full confidence in Mr Johnson and claimed the issue was not discussed at the Cabinet meeting.
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