The Commons will get a new vote on a customs union in a few weeks in order to try to break the Brexit deadlock, amid warnings that Theresa May’s Conservatives are walking into a “wipe-out” in the European elections. Veteran MP Frank Field told the Standard that he plans to move a motion with the Father of the House, Kenneth Clarke, to show that a smooth trading bloc is a solution that commands cross-party support. Mr Field said a backbencher-led move would also get Mrs May and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn “off the hook” of having to sign a formal compromise deal that could trigger civil war in their parties. “I think ... (full story)