Theresa May will host countryside Cabinet slumber party next month to settle Brexit border policy
The meeting will likely see a stormy showdown which could end in the walking out by some members
THERESA MAY will summon her top team to Chequers for 48 hour marathon showdown next month to finally hammer out a Brexit border policy.
And the Prime Minister is planning to bring in her whole Cabinet to break the deadlock in her core Brexit committee.
David Davis revealed the “huge debate” would take place over two days a the PM’s official country residence in Buckinghamshire in early July.
The key showdown of the summer will see Mrs May’s inner war cabinet finally make a decision about what sort of customs relationship to seek with Brussels after Brexit and how to finally fix the Northern Ireland border headache.
It will come ahead of the long awaited publication of a future relationship blueprint - but will likely see a stormy showdown that could even prompt walk outs from her core team.
And officials are planning for her entire Cabinet to attend the second day of the summit if her 11 strong Strategy and Negotiations Sub-Committee is still bitterly divided on the best solution.
The key decision on a new customs relationship with the EU have been repeatedly ducked.
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Two working groups have been ordered to keep working on the two options – a complex New Customs Partnership and tech-based ‘Maximum Facilitation’.
No10 will use the summit to enforce a decision between two options, which has split the inner Cabinet down the middle.