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Britain Eyes Brexit Deal By November 21: Minister

Pro-EU protesters wave EU and Union Flags outside the Houses of Parliament in central London on December 11, 2017 as Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May makes a statement to the House on the phase one Brexit interim agreement with the EU and takes questions from lawmakers. British Prime Minister Theresa May will tell lawmakers Monday there is a “new sense of optimism” around Brexit talks, despite a spat with Ireland over last week’s interim deal with the EU. Before her statement in the House of Commons, May chaired a meeting of her cabinet ministers, many of whom are divided on the shape of Britain’s exit from the European Union. / AFP PHOTO / Ben STANSALL (Photo credit should read BEN STANSALL/AFP/Getty Images)

By: Radhakrishna N S

Britain hopes to finalise a deal on its withdrawal from the European Union by November 21, the Brexit minister told MPs in a letter published on Wednesday (31). “I would be happy to give evidence to the committee when a deal is finalised, and currently expect 21 November to be suitable,” Dominic Raab wrote to the House of Commons Brexit scrutiny committee. The letter is dated October 24 but was only made public on Wednesday. Both Raab and Oliver Robbins, prime minister Theresa May’s chief Brexit advisor, have been invited to address the committee on November 21. Most of the…

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