A negotiating strategy may not be consented by the cabinet for half a year and the government has no complete Brexit plan, a memo that was leaked has indicated.
The memo – seen by the BBC and obtained by the Times – warns Whitehall is working on 500 Brexit-connected jobs and could want staff. additional 30,000
Nevertheless, there’s still no common exit strategy “because of departments within the cabinet”, the leaked record adds.
Prime Minister Theresa May expects to invoke Article 50 – starting the proper two-year procedure for leaving the EU – by the end of March.
‘Settle issues herself’
The leaked Cabinet Office memo – composed by an unnamed advisor and entitled “Brexit Update” of 7 November – indicates it’s going to take another six months before the government determines exactly what it needs to reach from Brexit or concurs on its precedence.
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The Times says the record also identifies cabinet schisms between Brexit Secretary David Davis, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and International Trade Secretary Liam Fox and Chancellor Philip Hammond and Company Secretary Greg Clark on another.
In accordance with the paper, the memo said: “Every section has developed a ‘bottom up’ strategy of what the impact of Brexit could be – and its strategy to handle the ‘worst case’.
“Although essential, this drops well short of having a ‘authorities plan for Brexit’ because it’s no prioritisation and no connection to the entire negotiation strategy.”
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The memo also indicates the government doesn’t have enough officials to execute Brexit immediately, while sections are developing individual strategies resulting in “good over 500 jobs”.
It estimates an added 30,000 extra civil servants could be required to match the workload.
Nevertheless, our correspondent says cash to cover the additional staff is not going to be supplied in the Autumn Statement of next week.
The record also says large companies could shortly “point a firearm at the government’s head” to procure what they must keep jobs and investment.
It comes after Japanese car manufacturer Nissan said it was given “support and guarantees” over trading states once Britain leaves the EU.
Labour assurance
Nevertheless, he can also say Labour is not going to try to block or delay the triggering of Article 50.
“To do so would place Labour against the majority will of the British people and on the side of particular corporate elites, that have consistently had the British folks at the rear of the queue,” he’ll say.
The appeal of the government is expected to be heard from 5.
