Image copyright Barcroft Images Image caption The document referred to Brexit talks and the EU single market The government has distanced itself from a page of Brexit notes caught on camera in Westminster.
The handwritten notes, carried by an aide to Conservative MP Mark Field, included “what"s the model? Have your cake and eat it” and “unlikely” in reference to the EU single market.
They were photographed after Mr Field and his aide left a meeting with the Brexit department at 9 Downing Street.
The government said the notes did not reflect its Brexit position.
“These individual notes do not belong to a government official or a special adviser. They do not reflect the government"s position in relation to Brexit negotiations,” a spokesman said.
Captured on long-lens camera by photographer Steve Back, they refer to difficulties the government faces after it begins the formal two-year process of EU withdrawal next year.
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