The Scottish government has complained about a lack of clarity and transparency around the UK government’s position on the single market, after the first in a series of meetings during which David Davis has pledged to share his “latest thinking” on Brexit with the leaderships of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Sturgeon 'gobsmacked' by lack of answers to basic Brexit questions Read moreBut speaking after the first meeting of the joint ministerial committee on EU negotiations in London, the Scottish government’s Brexit minister, Michael Russell, called on the UK government to make its intentions clearer. “There was a discussion over EU market access but we do not know whether UK ministers want to remain inside the single market or the customs union. Both Drakeford and Russell said there was a continuing need for full and unfettered access to the single market. The secretary of state for Scotland, David Mundell, said the meeting was a good start.

Source: The Guardian November 09, 2016 16:53 UTC