In a massive switch from his initial ‘do or die’ vow to leave the EU with or without a deal on October 31, Johnson will focus on achieving Brexit ‘immediately’ through his ‘fantastic’ deal.
Mr Johnson will also pledge to lift the threshold at which people start paying National Insurance contributions and raise the threshold for the 40p rate of income tax from £50,000 to £80,000.
Business Secretary Andrea Leadsom also revealed last night the Government would continue to keep business rates and tax breaks under review and that it would focus on ‘ramping up the supply of affordable housing’.
Mr Farage yesterday announced his Brexit Party will contest every seat across England, Scotland and Wales on December 12 unless Mr Johnson ditches his EU divorce accord and agrees to strike a non-aggression pact. It is now looking more and more likely this will not happen.
Mr Johnson later dismissed the offer in a move which is likely to disappoint Donald Trump, the US President, who last night urged the Prime Minister and Mr Farage to do a deal.
Mr Trump said if the two men were to ‘get together’ they would be an ‘unstoppable force’ and could do something ‘terrific’.
According to the outgoing Culture Secretary Nicky Morgan, Johnson’s new manifesto means a no-deal Brexit ‘has effectively been taken off the table’.
In an interview with the Times, she said: ‘If you vote Conservative at this election, you’re voting to leave with this deal.’
Meanwhile, Johnson told ITV yesterday: ‘Our opportunity now is to get this thing done, come back in the middle of December, knock it over the line and then take the country forward.’
Nigel Farage has slammed this decision saying that Boris’s deal is simply not Brexit.
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