But while the cabinet’s biggest Brexit supporters were out of the country, a significant development in the government’s EU policy has been emerging over the last seven days – spearheaded by the chancellor, Philip Hammond. Hardliners won’t like this soft Brexit plan. George Osborne (@George_Osborne) Does Brexit mean Brexit? In the end, it was only Ukip claiming the transition plan was a “betrayal of proper Brexit”. “Philip Hammond is simply proposing to delay the car crash by another two years,” he said.

Source: The Guardian July 29, 2017 06:00 UTC