Brexit News Brief 28 Jan 2017

Today’s headlines: US president says Brexit will be a “wonderful thing” as man tipped as America’s EU ambassador predicts more countries will leave; Fox predicts UK, US and Canada can lead the world in free trade; Turks threaten to unleash fresh migrant influx on Europe; Labour’s Shadow Welsh Secretary quits over Article 50 vote, and more.

BREXIT GOOD NEWS
Works Management: UK manufacturing “firing on all cylinders”
Birmingham Mail: New Black Country enterprise zone to create 7,000 jobs
Nottingham Post: Funding boost for rural firms in Notts – creating new jobs

POLITICS
Telegraph: Donald Trump tells Theresa May, “Brexit is going to be a wonderful thing for your country”
Breitbart London: Trump’s prospective EU ambassador: bloc needs taming just like the Soviet Union; other countries will probably leave
BBC: Shadow Welsh Secretary quits over Brexit vote
Breitbart London: Turkey threatens to cancel EU migrant deal after Greece refuses to extradite army officers
Daily Express: Britain, US and Canada can lead the world in liberty and free trade, says Fox

BUSINESS
Business Matters: UK remains fastest-growing economy in the West
Reuters: Sterling posts strong weekly gains as focus returns to British growth