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This is Theresa May’s playbook for getting her Brexit deal through parliament  

Theresa May returned from Brussels today with the blessing of 27 EU leaders after they approved the terms of the UK's exit at a summit on Sunday. The UK Parliament is expected to vote on the deal on 12 December, but its approval is far from guaranteed. More than 90 Tory MPs have suggested publicly they will not vote for it; so has the DUP; and the opposition parties are committed to voting against, which means she simply doesn’t have...

May’s Brexit deal will leave UK £100bn a year worse off by 2030

Theresa May's Brexit deal will leave the UK £100 billion worse off a year by 2030 than if it had remained in the EU, a study by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) has found. The study revealed GDP would be 3.9 per cent lower over the next decade, which is the equivalent of losing the economic output of Wales or the City of London, the report authors noted. This would leave people on average £1,000 worse off each...

Three quarters of Brits are worried about their current financial situation

Three quarters of Brits are worried about their current financial situation, a study has found. Researchers found a large percentage of the nation fear they don't have enough money to see them through a sudden crisis such as a large, unexpected bill. Others are concerned they would face almost immediate ruin if they were to lose their job or be struck down by ill health. It also emerged around one in five have no savings whatsoever to fall back on...

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