Wetherspoon's top boss cancelled one his Brexit talks in Cumbria and announced changes to his itinerary.

Tim Martin is going on a tour of more than 100 of his pubs to promote a no-deal Brexit and is due to come to Cumbria on Wednesday.

The time of the talk in Carlisle’s Woodrow Wilson remains unaltered at 10.30am. However, Mr Martin has now cancelled a scheduled appearance at the Henry Bessemer in Workington. He will also head to he Bransty Arch in Whitehaven at 1pm, instead of 2.30pm as initially announced. He will end the day in Barrow-in-Furness with a talk at 4.30pm at the Furness Railway.

Mr Martin disagrees with the Prime Minister Theresa May’s draft Brexit deal. He instead believes a no-deal Brexit would benefit the country’s economy.

Mr Martin said: “There will be a huge gain for business and consumers if the UK copies the free trade approach of countries like Singapore, Switzerland, New Zealand, Australia, Canada and Israel, by slashing protectionist EU import taxes (‘tariffs’) on leaving the EU in March.

“It is not often that the Government can enrich the electorate without losing tax income, however, this is a rare example.

“These invisible tariffs are charged on over 12,000 non-EU products, including rice, oranges, coffee, wine and children’s clothes. The proceeds are collected by the UK taxman and sent to Brussels.

“Ending tariffs will reduce shop and pub prices, improve living standards and will help non-EU suppliers, currently discouraged by tariffs, quotas and the extensive paraphernalia of EU protectionism.”

Mr Martin started his tour earlier this month from Staffordshire.