Theresa May slaps down Jeremy Corbyn on leaked Brexit ‘memo’ telling PMQs the Government is united in getting the best possible post-EU deal
Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn said the Government didn't have a plan, and a leaked memo showed a divided cabinet
THERESA May insisted the government does have a plan for Brexit as she slapped down Jeremy Corbyn who pressed her about a leaked government memo.
The Prime Minister told MPs during PMQs this lunchtime: "Our plan is to control movement of people from Europe into the UK, our plan is to negotiate free trade agreements with rest of world."
She insisted the government would "deliver the will of the people".
Mrs May said: "We are united in our determination to deliver on the will of the British people... his Shadow Cabinet can't even decide if it supports Brexit or not."
The Labour leader said the supposed leaked memo showed "divisions in the cabinet" and pressed her on how many civil servants would be needed to oversee Brexit.
No 10 tried to distance themselves from a memo published yesterday which said that Mrs May had no plan for Brexit and warned that cabinet splits were delaying the Brexit process.
Mrs May said of Labour: “They talk, we act, they posture, we deliver”.
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The pair clashed in this week's Commons session over the customs union and the upcoming Supreme Court verdict on when the government can trigger Article 50.
Mrs May refused again to reveal any more details about the government's Brexit position.
"Of course those in the EU... will want us to set out every detail of our negotiating strategy. If we did that, it would be the best possible way that we got the worst result for this country," she said.
"That's why we won't do it."
Mr Corbyn hit back at the government, accusing it of having no answers.
"We have a Chancellor with no fiscal strategy, we have a Lord Chancellor who seems to have difficulty defending the judiciary, we have a Brexit team with no plan for Brexit... and we have a Prime Minister not prepared to answer questions on what the Brexit strategy is," he said. "We need a better answer than she's given us."
"What we've certainly got is a leader of the Opposition who's incapable of leading," she told him.
The SNP's Tommy Sheppard asked Mrs May what she thought of Donald Trump's previous remarks about banning Muslims from the US.
"The special relationship we have is very important for both the US and the UK," she replied. "We of course want to ensure the dignity of our citizens, it is up to the US what rules they put in place... but we will be wanting to ensure that special relationship continues."
Breaking with tradition, the Prime Minister did not welcome the new President-Elect's election win during the session.
Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown noted Barack Obama's win in 2008, saying "I am sure the whole House will wish to join me in sending our sincere congratulations to Senator Barack Obama on winning the presidency of the United States and writing a new chapter in history in doing so."
The Prime Minister also sparked rumours that Ukip interim leader Nigel Farage could be offered a peerage.
She was asked by MP George Kerevan if there were any discussions taking place about the possibility, but she replied: "All I can say is that such matters are never discussed in public".