Brexit news: Jeremy Hunt claims Merkel is willing to look at new deal as PM hopeful lays out withdrawal plans
All the developments from Westminster on Monday
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Your support makes all the difference.Tory leadership hopeful Jeremy Hunt has unveiled his 10-point plan to handle a no-deal Brexit, vowing to “cease all discussions” with Brussels on 30 September if the EU fails to budge.
He also claimed to have been told by the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, that she would be willing to look at any new Brexit the next British PM comes up with.
It came as his rival, Boris Johnson, was heckled at a garden centre and accused of misrepresenting the ideas of a 14th century Tunisian scholar after claiming he could cut taxes and increase revenue.
Meanwhile, pro-Jeremy Corbyn organisation Momentum has launched a fresh drive to unseat Mr Johnson – who could not name the amount paid under the living wage during his latest TV interview – at the next general election.
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Jeremy Hunt is busy preparing for his appearance on Sky News at 7pm tonight. But he still has his duties as the UK’s foreign secretary to fulfil.
The Tory MP says he “deeply worried by Iran’s announcement that it has broken existing nuclear deal obligations” and urges Tehran to “come back into compliance”.
Away from the leadership contest, health secretary Matt Hancock has announced NHS plans to reduce the number of deaths from cancer.
He told MPs that the Government hopes three-quarters of cancers will be detected at stage one or two by 2028.
"Early detection and diagnosis are essential to enhancing people's chances of surviving cancer," he added.
Mr Hancock said the NHS will overhaul screening programmes, increase investment, and use new "state of the art" technology to make diagnosis faster .
The NHS will begin the roll-out of rapid diagnosis centres across England later this year following a pilot with Cancer Research UK.
Downing Street says Iran's announcement that it has breached the limit on its stockpile of enriched uranium under the terms of the 2105 nuclear deal is "extremely concerning".
Prime Minister Theresa May's official spokesman said: "We will continue working with our JCPOA partners - in particularly with German and France - to keep the nuclear deal in place. This is in our shared security interests.
"We have been consistently clear that our commitment to the JCPOA depends on Iran complying in full with the terms of the deal and we urge them to reverse this step."
Speaker John Bercow has blocked attempts to shut down government spending in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
He informed MPs he had not selected either of the two amendments tabled on Monday by Dame Margarett Beckett and Dominic Grieve.
They related to motions on Monday linked to the approval of Government spending - known as estimates - for the Department for International Development and the Department for Education.
The same amendments are also tabled to two further estimates motions on the Department for Work and Pensions and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on Tuesday, with a decision on whether they can be voted upon expected before Tuesday's debates.
Theresa May will return to Brussels tomorrow for talks aimed at allocating the European Union's top jobs after an all-night negotiating session failed to reach an agreement.
The prime minister has cancelled a planned Cabinet meeting and will miss other events as she returns to the special European Council summit.
EU leaders are trying to decide who should become the next European Council president, European Commission president, European Central Bank president and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.
The prime minister's official spokesman said: "As long as the UK remains inside the EU, we'll continue to be a full member state and have all the rights and obligations that that entails.
"But we do recognise the UK's status as a departing member state, we're being as constructive a partner as is possible within these discussions and abiding by the principle of sincere co-operation.
"We do support President Tusk's approach in seeking to create a package of candidates across the top jobs which reflects the diversity of the European Union."
MPs’ hopes of stopping a no-deal Brexit have suffered a further blow after an expected showdown on Tuesday evening was blocked by John Bercow, writes deputy political editor Rob Merrick.
Jeremy Hunt has retweeted a claim by one of his supporters that Tory members are changing their minds about supporting Boris Johnson in the leadership contest.
Meanwhile Boris Johnson is believed to be holding a "Telephone Town Hall" with Conservative Party members brave enough to speak to him on the phone. It was due to start at 6pm.
After a similar event in April he boasted that he had "covered tonnes of subjects".
Former chancellor George Osborne and his author wife Frances are to divorce after 21 years of marriage, it has been announced.
A statement on behalf of the Evening Standard editor said the pair remain "good friends" and "jointly devoted" to their two children, Liberty and Luke, but had mutually decided to split.
The statement issued to PA said: "George and Frances Osborne have sadly decided to divorce after 21 years of marriage.
"This is a long thought-through and mutual decision. They remain good friends and jointly devoted to their wonderful children.
"For the sake of their children, they ask that the family's privacy is respected. Neither George nor Frances will be making any comment."
With the news that EU leaders have still not agreed on the replacement for Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission, here's a guide to the favourite, Frans Timmermans.
Timmermans is a noted Anglophile: in 2016 he revealed that he owned a car - a British Mini - with a union jack painted on the roof.
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