Theresa May will open her first Conservative conference as PM in the same Birmingham arena but in a political world transformed. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Iain Duncan Smith is among Tory MPs demanding a hard Brexit. Photograph: Daniel Leal-Olivas/PAEven before they set off for the Midlands, all sides in the Tory Brexit conflict were calling for more detail from May, as they tugged at her opposing sides. If ministers dither, they fear a Brexit fudge which will leave the UK little, if at all, freer than before. In the middle (Damian Green, Amber Rudd, Philip Hammond) Access to the single market, rather than membership, is vital.

Source: The Guardian October 01, 2016 21:56 UTC