Brexit plan blunder gives Britons 14 weeks' holiday a year
For those who say Brexit is all bad a closer look at the White Paper reveals a gift of extra holiday for Britons - or does it?
Thursday 2 February 2017 17:46, UK
At last, something to cheer about for all those Remoaners.
Buried on page 32 of the Government's White Paper is the news that in Theresa May's post-Brexit nirvana all Britons will get a minimum of 14 weeks' holiday a year, compared with four under EU laws.
But before you book in a long winter break on the south coast of Spain, I have to tell you this huge extension of holiday entitlement appears to have been made by error rather than by design.
On a graph showing holiday and maternity leave entitlement, it appears the second and third columns have been mixed up.
Not ideal, but a reflection of the speed in which this official Brexit document was put together - the Prime Minister only agreed to publish a detailed plan eight days ago.
Officials tell me they are aware of the issue and are looking into it. Expect an imminent row back.
It is the first element of this White Paper that requires a climbdown - but probably not the last.
As one insider admitted to me earlier, the passage of the Article 50 bill will get much harder next week when MPs start making demands over the shape of the Brexit deal.