Brexit: No fundamental change to deal, insists Robert Jenrick

The authorities does not privation to marque immoderate cardinal changes to the UK's narration with the EU, Home Office Minister Robert Jenrick told the BBC.

It follows reports that immoderate successful authorities privation to determination towards a Swiss-style deal, with little trading friction and much migration.

Mr Jenrick said the UK wanted to amended trading links and co-operation connected migration and information issues.

But helium said determination was nary tendency to re-open the existing Brexit agreement.

The minister, who supported the Remain broadside successful the 2016 EU referendum, argued that the UK had settled connected the close attack pursuing "a large debate".

He said the existent woody allowed the UK to "secure our borders and... prosecute the opportunities of Brexit".

He added that the statement allowed the UK to "walk away" from state of movement, ensured European judges had nary jurisdiction successful British courts and meant the UK did not person to wage wealth to the EU.

The communicative successful The Sunday Times that elder authorities figures were considering pursuing a Swiss-style deal, acrophobic immoderate Brexiteers successful the Conservative Party, with erstwhile curate Simon Clarke saying: "I precise overmuch anticipation and judge this isn't thing nether consideration."

"We settled the question of leaving the European Union, definitively, successful 2019," helium tweeted.

Lord David Frost, who negotiated the existent deal, said: "I anticipation the authorities thinks amended of these plans, fast."

Switzerland is not a subordinate of the EU, but does person a respective agreements with the bloc, and has entree to the azygous marketplace for astir of its industries. It besides pays into the EU fund and has state of movement, meaning EU citizens tin unrecorded and enactment successful the country.

Last week, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said helium hoped the UK would beryllium capable to region commercialized barriers with the EU but added that it would "take time".

"Having unfettered commercialized with our neighbours and countries each implicit the satellite is precise beneficial to growth," helium said.

He was speaking after delivering his Autumn Statement successful which helium confirmed the UK was successful recession and that the system was owed to shrink further.

The chancellor's connection was accompanied by an economical forecast from the Office for Budget Responsibility which said Brexit had had a "significant adverse impact" connected UK trade.

Asked if Brexit had damaged UK trade, Mr Jenrick said it was hard to abstracted the disruption caused by leaving the EU, the coronavirus pandemic and the warfare successful Ukraine.

"There volition beryllium challenges and disruption arsenic a effect of fundamentally altering our narration with the EU," helium said but added that it was excessively soon to accidental whether oregon not that is going to beryllium to the UK's semipermanent economical disadvantage.

He said the authorities was determined to instrumentality vantage of the opportunities provided by Brexit, pointing to plans for the regulatory authorities of the fiscal services, beingness sciences and the greenish economy.