Both main parties are being ‘manipulated by fringe opinion’ says former prime minister as he condemns ‘extreme’ Tory MPs’ ‘intransigence’.

Richard Harrington also dismisses the so-called Malthouse compromise, which is intended to bridge Tory divisions.

Theresa May has been accused of failing to be honest with the public about Brexit by the UK’s former ambassador to the European Union, who warned that “fantasies and delusions on all sides” risk plunging the UK into a democratic crisis.

Shanker Singham’s Competere offers advice on opportunities arising from Brexit.

Emails released by the parliamentary standards watchdog show the European Research Group has a second bank account. / A group of hardline Brexiteers, led by Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg, has been questioned by a parliamentary watchdog over funding concerns as it emerged the group had a second bank account.

'I've spoken to ambassadors from various countries and there is no hope of us getting a veto to stop an extension'