MPs feared a David Davis cover-up. Worse, he had nothing to hide

The select committee worried that the government wanted to conceal alarming Brexit plans. But there were no plans at all

With its Brexit strategy hurtling off the rails, this could have been a timely moment for the government to reassure parliament about the existence of a well thought-out plan B.

Instead MPs were invited to take a leap of faith on Wednesday when the Brexit select committee asked David Davis to explain what had been done to assess the impact on British business of abruptly leaving the EU.

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