Newly appointed Britain's Chief Secretary to the Treasury Rishi Sunak is seen outside Downing Street in London, Britain. PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE
“We must have the firmness to leave if necessary without a deal,” Chief Secretary to the Treasury Sunak said.
In sadness, EU leaders approve Brexit deal
“What the prime minister has said is: we remain very open to wanting to have a deal with our European friends and allies, we stand ready to discuss it when they realise that the current deal cannot pass parliament.”
“We need to remove the undemocratic backstop and that’s the outcome we would like to see,” he said.
He said there would be more detail on the UK government’s spending plans at a spending review and fiscal event later in the autumn.
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