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Remainer Chancellor Phillip Hammond is pushing for “labour mobility” and “preferential” treatment for European Union (EU) migrants after Brexit, hoping to appease Germany’s Angela Merkel and win a trade deal.

Pro-Brussels members of government and the cabinet, principally Chancellor Philip Hammond and those in the Treasury, are “cooperating” with big business to undermine Brexit and the will of the people, leading Tory Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg has warned.

The United Kingdom government is coming under pressure to increase defence spending from the United States, in revelations that come days after President Donald J. Trump vented frustration over the NATO military alliance and Trump Ambassador Rick Grenell revealed that moving European nations to contribute more to their own defence was a key priority for the administration.

Cabinet Remainer-in-Chief Philip Hammond has sparked anxiety in Britain’s coastal communities by casually announcing that the country’s fisheries could be sold out as part of a Brexit deal.

(POLITICO) — It is not a “realistic proposition” for the UK to accept a post-Brexit trade deal that does not include services and the EU would be “crazy” to cut itself off from London’s financial centre, the British chancellor Philip Hammond said Saturday.

Downing Street has hit back at claims by the anti-Brexit chancellor, who said the UK could keep paying the European Union (EU) massive amounts after Brexit for access to financial markets.

HM Revenue and Customs has been accused of being “hostile to democracy” after hitting Leave campaign donors with huge tax bills, while the giant banking corporations which backed the Remain campaign are left unscathed.

The chancellor of the Exchequer told Prime Minister Theresa May that Britain only needs 50,000 soldiers, at a meeting about defence cuts, it has been revealed.

With his position in Cabinet reportedly on the line, Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond has delivered an Autumn Budget which he claims will prepare Britain for Brexit.

As the Brexit talks drag on, the formerly Remain-supporting prime minister is said to be planning to double her previous offer to the EU of roughly £20 billion to roughly £40 billion.

Britain’s embattled Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond is expected to announce a punitive anti-plastic tax or levy on disposable items in the Autumn budget in an effort to tackle ocean pollution, but the measure comes shortly after news that Britain — and the Western world — is only responsible for a tiny fraction of the world’s plastic waste.

British Airways chief executive Willie Walsh has dismissed scare stories that leaving the EU without a formal Brexit deal could see air travel grind to a halt.

Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond is reported to be preparing tax raids on better off, and older taxpayers to fund giveaways for younger voters in the coming November budget. Under the new plans, voters under 40 could get

The Northern Irish Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), which is propping up the Conservative Party’s government, have disclosed they are “deeply concerned” by the chancellor of the exchequer “frustrating” Brexit and have asked the prime minister to “rein in” Philip Hammond.

Senior Conservative and Brexit campaigner Lord Lawson has accused Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond of behaviour “very close to sabotage” and called for him to be fired for failing to prepare the country adequately for a no-deal Brexit.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond is refusing to provide funds to prepare Britain for a ‘No Deal’ scenario after Brexit, raising suspicions that the Remain faction in Government is setting the country up to fail.

A leading Tory backbencher has suggested that the Treasury is helping to undermine Britain’s position relative to the European Union, possibly in the service of Remainers aiming for “Brexit in name only”.

Chancellor Philip Hammond has said there is “flexibility” around the issue of a Brexit transition period, implying the UK could remain tied to European Union (EU) institution for longer than two years.

The fragile truce established between Remainers and Brexit supporters has shattered in a matter of days, as the Foreign Secretary and International Trade Secretary prepare to oppose the lengthy “transition deal” agreed by Brexit Secretary David Davis under pressure from Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond.

The British Government’s leading Remainer, Philip Hammond, is thought to have triumphed over his Leave-supporting rivals in Cabinet, with the UK set to agree to a transitional Brexit which will allow the EU to block new UK trade deals.

Government insiders are disputing the substance of a recent coming together by Philip Hammond — the Cabinet’s leading Remainer — and Dr Liam Fox — a committed Brexit supporter.

Chancellor Phillip Hammond has been accused of deliberately attempting to “f*ck up” Brexit by top Tory colleagues in the cabinet.

Insiders claim the Government is abandoning its ambitions for a so-called “have your cake and eat it” Brexit, and are considering trading away sovereignty in order to protect “economic interests”.

One year on from the public’s historic vote to Leave the European Union, negotiations have only just begun and MPs are still arguing over whether to actually go ahead with Brexit.

Long thought to have been fighting a rearguard action against Brexit within the Tory Cabinet, Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond has conceded Britain will leave the bloc, its Single Market and its Customs Union – with a few caveats.

Britain’s Chancellor Phillip Hammond is drafting detailed plans for a “soft Brexit” whereby Britain will retain associate membership of the single market, foregoing the opportunity to forge her own bilateral trade deals. Under his bespoke plans, Mr Hammond hopes Britain

Ulster’s Democratic Unionist Party, which is expected to prop up Theresa May’s minority government over the coming months, has spurned Tory Remainers who hoped they would force the Prime Minister to ask the EU for a so-called ‘Soft Brexit’. According

Ministers in Britain’s new minority administration are predicting “utterly bitter, trench warfare” in the House of Commons, as Europhile politicians attempt to dilute or derail Brexit.

Ruth Davidson, the Europhile leader of the Scottish Conservative Party, will use her newfound influence in Parliament to push for a so-called ‘Soft Brexit’ which puts the Single Market ahead of controlling immigration.

Theresa May has refused to rule out raising income tax and national insurance despite the Tories “tax lock” pledge in 2015 against increasing the two levies, and VAT. May claimed to have “absolutely no plans to increase the level of

British Chancellor Philip Hammond has unveiled his first budget, promising big increases in government spending, and some relief for small businesses, but also hitting the self-employed with higher taxes.

In a thinly veiled attack on Donald J. Trump, Britain’s economic minister has blasted the “fool’s paradise” of populism, as well as insisting the UK will continue to need European Union (EU) migration after Brexit.

British finance minister Philip Hammond on Wednesday flies to South Africa, followed by trips next week to Japan and South Korea, as Britain seeks “stronger global ties” before Brexit.

Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered his first statement on budget policy since taking office in July following Britain’s vote to leave the European Union.

Britain’s Chancellor will say on Wednesday that he is raising the minimum wage and taking the edge off a benefits squeeze for low earners, but fixing the public finances will be a bigger priority as the country gets ready for Brexit.

(REUTERS) – Chancellor Phillip Hammond will this week announce 1.3 billion pounds in new spending on roads as part of his plans to bolster the economy as Britain prepares to leave the European Union, the Treasury said on Sunday.