Brexit was never debated properly, the minister for Europe has said, arguing that the previous Conservative government left Britain with the first ever free trade agreement that made it harder to trade.
Unveiling plans for a new permanent deal with the European Union, Nick Thomas-Symonds said Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch’s Conservatives are offering only “easy answers and snake oil” when it comes to the UK-EU relationship as he rejected claims that the government is surrendering sovereignty or freedoms.
