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Image copyright PA Any interim deal between the UK and the EU should not be allowed to become “eternal”, according to a key figure in the negotiations. Guy Verhofstadt, the European Parliament’s chief Brexit negotiator, said any “transitional arrangement” should have a strict time limit. A House of Lords report …

Image copyright PA Image caption A tricky situation for Robert Chote, head of the Office for Budget Responsibility You have to feel the Office for Budget Responsibility’s pain. By next Tuesday, the OBR has to come up with forecasts of what will happen to the UK economy and the government …

Chancellor Philip Hammond has backed a transitional deal for Brexit saying it would be “helpful” to allow longer than two years for the UK’s EU exit. Mr Hammond told the Treasury select committee that there was an “emerging view” that having longer would tend towards a “smoother transition” . There …