The cabinet yesterday agreed to escalate preparations for a no-deal Brexit, including putting 3,500 armed forces personnel on standby and hiring thousands of extra civil servants. – Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is tipped to become Manchester United’s caretaker manager as the club seeks a permanent replacement for sacked boss José Mourinho. The Mail reports “Now it’s no deal mayhem”, the i says “Britain moves to ‘war footing’ for a no-deal Brexit”, the Times has “May ditches key pledges to prepare for no deal” and writing in the Telegraph Dominic Raab calls for tax breaks to help ease a no-deal Brexit: “Raab: cut business tax with £39bn”. The FT prefers May’s plans to require migrants to have a minimum £30k salary: “May defies business fears to push through Brexit immigration curbs”. Sign upThe Guardian morning briefing is delivered to thousands of inboxes bright and early every weekday.

Source: The Guardian December 19, 2018 06:11 UTC