Junior ministerial aide Robert Courts has become the eighth member of the UK government to resign over Prime Minister Theresa May's proposed North East Derbyshire deal. Courts, a parliamentary private secretary at the Foreign Office, revealed his decision to leave via Twitter, and said he could not "support the proposals in their current form". Tory MP for Brexit, Lee Rowley, also spoke out about the Chequers offer after reading the White Paper, stating: "Quite simply: we can do better than this. With much regret, I will oppose Chequers. The government must think again".
Junior ministerial aide Robert Courts has become the eighth member of the UK government to resign over Prime Minister Theresa May's proposed Brexit deal. Courts, a parliamentary private secretary at the Foreign Office, revealed his decision to leave via Twitter, and said he could not "support the proposals in their current form". Tory MP for North East Derbyshire, Lee Rowley, also spoke out about the Chequers offer after reading the White Paper, stating: "Quite simply: we can do better than this. With much regret, I will oppose Chequers. The government must think again".