Keir Starmer MP, Labour’s Shadow Brexit Secretary, responding to Amber Rudd’s comments on leaving the EU customs union, said:

“Amber Rudd appears to have let slip that discussions around the Cabinet table about negotiating a customs union with the EU have not in fact concluded.

“If that is so, then the Prime Minister should rethink her approach and listen to the growing chorus of voices in Parliament and in business that believe she has got it wrong on a customs union.”