Politics

"I hope they will shake off any remaining ill will towards us for leaving, and instead build a friendly relationship, between sovereign equals," he said.

The ex-Ukip leader claimed he had "knocked on his last door".

In an intervention sure to win over Londoners, Fox accused "Sadiq Khan and his nationhating cronies" of wanting to "strip us of our history".

Lord Frost, Boris Johnson’s Brexit minister, is reportedly considering allowing “lighter touch” controls on imports from 1 April.

A clear majority of Tory voters believe the pay proposition is too low, a new poll found.

Party analysis indicates that the cumulative effect of an immediate council tax rise, an effective pay cut and a looming freeze to income tax thresholds will leave a newly qualified nurse with £307 less in their pocket by 2023.

“For me, this is, from a moral perspective, the wrong time to be applying pay restraint," MP Dr Dan Poulter said.

NHS Providers is challenging the government over its defence of the recommendation for health workers to receive a one per cent increase, which Labour says is a “real-terms cut” to wages.

Labour questioned the prime minister’s priorities for shelling out millions on “vanity projects” while “picking the pockets” of NHS workers.