03-05-2018 21:17 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Gavin Williamson under pressure to back May's customs plan, Brexiters fear

Gavin Williamson was the least vocal of those expressing doubts about the customs partnership in the cabinet subcommittee.Pro-Brexit ministers fear Downing Street will try to pick off the defence secretary, Gavin Williamson, in the coming days – to break the cabinet deadlock and secure a majority for Theresa May’s favoured customs plan.A two-and-a-half-hour meeting of the prime minister’s Brexit subcommittee ended without agreement on Wednesday, after the home secretary, Sajid
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