Jacob Rees-Mogg is being quietly promoted as a possible alternative head of the European Research Group Times photographer Jack HillTheresa May has refused to sack one of her ministers and a Treasury aide over allegations that they promoted an email designed to tie the government’s hands on Brexit. Suella Fernandes, head of the European Research Group (ERG) and a ministerial aide in the Treasury, and Steve Baker, a minister in the Brexit department, were accused of pushing an unhelpful Brexit letter that set red lines on trade deals that officials think may be undeliverableJacob Rees-Mogg is being quietly promoted as a possible alternative head of the ERG after the group was left embarrassed by the leaked email, obtained by The Times. The letter was written by Change Britain, a hard Brexit lobby group, and circulated by Ms Fernandes last week to gather signatures.

Source: The Times September 08, 2017 23:03 UTC