Is a customs union really ‘the worst of both worlds’ for the UK when it comes to a Brexit deal?

Brexit explained: Some MPs are pinning hopes on a customs compromise but it may not be a catch-all solution

Lizzy Buchan
Political Correspondent
Wednesday 10 April 2019 09:36 BST
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What does a no-deal Brexit mean?

As the UK gears up to leave the EU on Friday – again – Theresa May is locked in eleventh-hour talks with Labour to find a way through the Brexit impasse.

These talks have infuriated Tory Brexiteers, not least as the chatter in Westminster is fixed on the possibility of the prime minister softening to Jeremy Corbyn’s customs union demands, as a price for the support of his MPs.

Labour has long argued for a permanent customs union with the EU, which would abolish tariffs on trade between the bloc and the UK.

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