Hammond plays down Brexit delay increasing chance of second vote
Time likely to be too tight for referendum before end of October, says chancellor
Philip Hammond has played down the possibility that the UK could use the delay to Brexit to hold a second referendum and stressed that he still expects the UK to leave the EU.
Speaking in Washington, the chancellor said that time would be too tight to hold a confirmatory vote before the new deadline of the end of October unless it was triggered over the coming weeks.