Theresa May must show her Brexit hand following week of leaks

Brexit minister Steve Baker came to the Commons at the start of business on Friday to apologise to MPs.The storm erupted after leading Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg asked him to confirm if he had heard from Charles Grant, of the Centre for European Reform think tank, that “officials in the Treasury have deliberately developed a model to show that all options other than staying in the customs union were bad”.

Mr Baker told the Commons: “I accept I should have corrected or dismissed the premise of my honourable friend’s question.“I have apologised to Mr Charles Grant, who is an honest and trustworthy man. As I’ve put on record many times, I have the highest regard for our hard-working civil servants.”
However, Mr Rees-Mogg refused to back down, tweeting yesterday evening that despite the audio recording, “the conclusion must be either the Chancellor or his officials are deliberately trying to frustrate Brexit”.