British Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond is now delivering his annual budget speech to the Parliament with key quotes, via Reuters, found below.
- Era of austerity is finally coming to an end.
- Stakes in EU talks could not be higher now.
- We will harvest a ‘double deal dividend’ if EU talks go well.
- We are confident that we will secure a Brexit deal but not complacent.
- Increasing Brexit contingency funds for departments to 2 bln sterling.