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Jacob Rees-Mogg and Philip Hammond at odds over Brexit Jacob Rees-Mogg and Philip Hammond at odds over Brexit
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Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg will call for a fundamental change in ministers' tone on Brexit later, accusing UK negotiators of being "cowed by the EU". Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg is calling for a fundamental change in ministers' tone on Brexit, accusing UK negotiators of being "cowed by the EU".
The Eurosceptic backbencher will say "close alignment" with the EU after Brexit will be unacceptable. The Eurosceptic backbencher will say in a speech "close alignment" with the EU after Brexit would be unacceptable.
Chancellor Philip Hammond, meanwhile, has said he hopes the UK and EU economies will only move "very modestly" apart after Brexit.Chancellor Philip Hammond, meanwhile, has said he hopes the UK and EU economies will only move "very modestly" apart after Brexit.
He said they were already "completely interconnected and aligned".He said they were already "completely interconnected and aligned".
BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg said the war of words went right to the heart of Mrs May's struggle to keep her party together over its biggest project - how the UK will leave the EU.
While the majority of ministers thought she was the only person able to do it, the mood in the party had turned sour in recent weeks with one senior Conservative MP saying they were "in the mood for regime change".
The UK is due to leave the European Union in March 2019, and negotiations are taking place between the two sides.The UK is due to leave the European Union in March 2019, and negotiations are taking place between the two sides.
One of the key questions is how close their trading relationship will be once the UK has left.One of the key questions is how close their trading relationship will be once the UK has left.
Mr Rees-Mogg, one of the leading Eurosceptic voices on the Conservative benches, has recently become the chairman of the European Research Group of Tory MPs.Mr Rees-Mogg, one of the leading Eurosceptic voices on the Conservative benches, has recently become the chairman of the European Research Group of Tory MPs.
In his speech, he will warn against Brexit being treated like a "damage limitation exercise". In his speech, he warns against Brexit being treated like a "damage limitation exercise".
People "did not vote for the management of decline", he will say. People "did not vote for the management of decline", he said, according to a pre-released version of the speech.
"They voted for hope and opportunity and politicians must now deliver it.""They voted for hope and opportunity and politicians must now deliver it."
The North East Somerset MP will say some of the "really obvious opportunities" to improve people's lives from Brexit are at risk, if a model similar to the EU's single market and customs union is adopted. The North East Somerset MP says some of the "really obvious opportunities" to improve people's lives from Brexit are at risk, if a model similar to the EU's single market and customs union is adopted.
This would leave the UK "divested of even the limited influence we current have", he will say. This would leave the UK "divested of even the limited influence we currently have".
Mr Rees-Mogg will also say businesses will suffer unless the UK can set its own regulations, independent of the EU.Mr Rees-Mogg will also say businesses will suffer unless the UK can set its own regulations, independent of the EU.
And he will criticise the UK negotiators, who are led by Brexit Secretary David Davis.And he will criticise the UK negotiators, who are led by Brexit Secretary David Davis.
"For too long our negotiators seemed to have been cowed by the EU," he will say. "For too long our negotiators seemed to have been cowed by the EU," he argues.
"Their approach seems to be that we must accept what the EU will allow us to do and build from there. This is no way to negotiate and it is no way for this country to behave.""Their approach seems to be that we must accept what the EU will allow us to do and build from there. This is no way to negotiate and it is no way for this country to behave."
Mr Rees-Mogg told BBC Radio 5live's Brexitcast that his aim in criticising the government's approach to Brexit was to "support the prime minister against naysayers".
Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Mr Hammond said the UK was not seeking an "off-the-shelf" model to replace its membership of the EU single market and customs union.Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Mr Hammond said the UK was not seeking an "off-the-shelf" model to replace its membership of the EU single market and customs union.
The starting point is a position of "high levels of bilateral trade in goods and services," he said.The starting point is a position of "high levels of bilateral trade in goods and services," he said.
"So instead of doing what we're normally doing in the trade negotiations - taking two divergent economies with low levels of trade and trying to bring them closer together to enhance that trade - we are taking two completely interconnected and aligned economies with high levels of trade between them, and selectively, moving them, hopefully very modestly, apart."So instead of doing what we're normally doing in the trade negotiations - taking two divergent economies with low levels of trade and trying to bring them closer together to enhance that trade - we are taking two completely interconnected and aligned economies with high levels of trade between them, and selectively, moving them, hopefully very modestly, apart.
"And so we should be confident of reaching something much more ambitious than any free trade agreement has ever achieved.""And so we should be confident of reaching something much more ambitious than any free trade agreement has ever achieved."
Mr Hammond later tweeted:
Downing Street said Theresa May had used major speeches to talk about the "opportunities that Brexit will provide for the country", and that the government was confident of securing these opportunities in the next phase of negotiations.Downing Street said Theresa May had used major speeches to talk about the "opportunities that Brexit will provide for the country", and that the government was confident of securing these opportunities in the next phase of negotiations.
Asked whether she agreed with Mr Hammond's comments, the spokesman said: "The cabinet has signed up to the vision the PM has set out in her speeches."Asked whether she agreed with Mr Hammond's comments, the spokesman said: "The cabinet has signed up to the vision the PM has set out in her speeches."