WorldLONDON, REUTERS -Prime Minister Theresa May pledged on Monday to address business concerns that Britain could fall off a “cliff edge” into uncertain trading conditions after leaving the EU, hinting at some form of a transitional agreement. Today businesses are inevitably considering this cliff edge scenario - a sudden and overnight transformation in trading conditions,” he said. Some pro-Brexit campaigners have warned the prime minister that she risks betraying the “will of the people” if she allows any delay to Brexit. “Businesses want certainty as soon as possible, which is why Britain must leave the EU within a maximum period of two years after triggering Article 50 - no EU deal is better than a bad deal,” said Richard Tice, a businessman and co-chairman of campaign group, Leave Means Leave. “A transitional deal will fuel more uncertainty and leave Britain in limbo.” Keen to make sure her government stays on message, May has silenced her ministers, some of whom have given the strongest hints yet that she is not ruling out a form of transitional agreement with the EU.

Source: Sunday Times November 21, 2016 13:51 UTC