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Hammond: Work on transitional deal to begin in September

by July 27, 2017

written by 27^th Jul 17 9:53 am

Chancellor reveals

Chancellor Philip Hammond – having won the argument within Cabinet for a transitional deal with the EU – has told ITV News he hopes talks on it can begin in the Autumn.

Asked how quickly a transitional deal could be done to give businesses certainty Hammond told ITV News Political Correspondent Carl Dinnen:

“The European Union timeline is clear that we have to make sufficient progress on the initial set of issues that David Davies has been discussing in Brussels. We hope to have achieved that milestone by September or October, and we then expect to be able to go on to talk about this broader range of issues.”

He went on: “We hope to be able to deliver agreement about an interim arrangement with the EU as early as possible.”

Hammond also admitted the Brexit vote had had painful consequences: “Consumers are being affected by the inflation that was created by the depreciation of the currency in the Autumn of last year. That will pass through the economy, but I absolutely recognise it’s painful as it’s passing through the economy.”