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Westminster – LIVE: Theresa May says she has 'full confidence' in Boris Johnson despite him calling her customs plan 'crazy' Westminster – LIVE: Government defeated over plan to enshrine date of Brexit in law
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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. Peers have dealt a fresh blow to Theresa May’s Brexit strategy by voting to remove the official exit date from her flagship EU legislation.
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. The government suffered two defeats on the EU (Withdrawal) Bill in the Lords - taking its tally to 12 losses - and it faced a further threat on Tuesday night as cross-party peers will push a vote to effectively keep Britain in the single market.
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. It comes as the prime minister was forced to insist she had full confidence in Boris Johnson, after the foreign secretary launched a public assault on her proposals for a customs partnership after Brexit.
In a major intervention, Mr Johnson said the proposals favoured by the Prime Minister were "crazy" and would create a “whole new web of bureaucracy”.
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