Attorney General Geoffrey Cox has abandoned attempts to secure a hard time-limit or unilateral exit mechanism for the Irish backstop, the Telegraph reported on Sunday.
Ministers said Cox’s aims that represent central demands of Eurosceptics are considered too “blunt” and have been rejected by the European Union, the newspaper said.
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Patrick Lewis, the finance director and great grandson of the founder of John Lewis Partnership, is an early contender to become the next chair of the department store group.
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The lawyers for Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou are suing the Canadian government, its border agency and federal police, alleging their client was detained, searched and interrogated for three hours in violation of her constitutional rights.
