Brexit ministers need to put facts before ideology | Nils Pratley

If the government says frictionless trade is vital, companies are entitled to ask how it’s meant to happenIf you want to laugh, or despair, go back and read the “automotive sector deal”, unveiled by the government in January as part of its shiny new industrial strategy. The contrast could not be greater between the document’s happy picture of industry and government working in harmony and today’s reality of falling investment and large employers pleading with minist