Patel plans immigration crackdown
approach,” he added. “We still hope they will change their minds, but we must operate on the assumption that they will not.”
Mr Javid told the Sunday Telegraph that, “under my leadership, the Treasury will have new priorities and will play its full role in helping to deliver Brexit”, in a swipe at his predecessor, Philip Hammond.
He added that he planned to fund 500 new Border Force officers and look at new infrastructure around the country’s ports to minimise congestion and ensure goods can flow.
Treasury Chief Secretary Rishi Sunak told Sky News: “We are prepared to enter into negotiations with the spirit of friendship and determination but if the EU doesn’t want to do thatitisrightweareabsolutely prepared for that.
“We are turbocharging preparations for no deal. That is the government’s number one priority.”
The Scottish Government’s Brexit Secretary Michael Russell said a no-deal Brexit would be “utterly unacceptable. Anyone seriously proposing it, or unconcerned about it arising, needs to change course immediately.
“The UK is not, and cannot be, ready for a no-deal EU exit on October 31 – such an outcome would inevitably cause very significant disruption to the lives of ordinary citizens as well as to businesses and longterm harm to our economy.”
Meanwhile polling suggests the Tories have received a “Boris bounce” after the election of their new leader.
Since Mr Johnson became Prime Minister, the Conservatives have gained 10 points to stand at 30 per cent , a survey by Deltapoll for the Mail on Sunday showed.
That puts them five points ahead of Labour at 25 per cent, with the Liberal Democrats on 18percent andthebrexitparty on 14 per cent .
But if Labour was to drop Jeremy Corbyn as leader, the poll says the party would shoot into the lead at 34 per cent , with the Tories on 28 per cent , the Brexit Party on 14 per cent and the Lib Dems on 13 per cent .
An Opinium poll for the Observer put support for the Tories on 30 per cent, up seven points, ahead of Labour on 28 per cent, up three points. The poll put the Lib Dems on 16 per cent , up one point, and the Brexit Party on 15 per cent, down seven. Home Secretary Priti Patel has vowed to seize the “once-in-alifetime” opportunity offered by Brexit to enact Boris Johnson’s radical shake-up of the UK’S immigration system.
Ms Patel said the government was determined to make Britain the “greatest country on Earth” as she told of her immediate plans for a tougher immigration policy, whether the UK leaves the EU with or without a deal.
The Prime Minister has already committed to a radical rewrite of the policy. Ms Patel confirmed she would be urgently commissioning the Migration Advisory Committee to review Australia’s points-based system.
A skills-based approach would ensure the country is looking at what people can contribute instead of where they come from, she said.
She said: “The current migration system means we have to give an automatic right of access to all EU nationals. In future, we will decide who we give preference to, so we can ensure we are able to attract the most talented and skilled from other parts of the world.”
“With a new prime minister, a new government and a new clarity of mission, we will exit the EU on October 31. No ifs. No buts”