The cabinet’s trip to Chequers next month will be a tense affair. Things always are when Brexit is the only item on the agenda.
This week’s cabinet meeting, convened to discuss the new NHS funding settlement, offered a preview of some of the arguments to come. Greg Clark, the Business Secretary, and David Gauke, a Treasury man now installed as Lord Chancellor, argued that the public finances need a soft Brexit.
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