UK ‘may well’ leave EU without a Brexit deal on 31 October, says British health minister Matt Hancock
British health minister Matt Hancock said on Sunday the country “may well” leave the European Union without a deal.
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson has vowed to take Britain out of the EU on 31 October with or without a deal
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This is despite Parliament passing a law which would require him to delay Brexit if it has not approved an exit agreement by mid-October
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'We have got to get Brexit done. Absolutely may well happen,' Hancock said
Manchester: British health minister Matt Hancock said on Sunday the country “may well” leave the European Union without a deal.
File image of Boris Johnson. PTI
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has vowed to take Britain out of the EU on 31 October with or without a deal, despite Parliament passing a law which would require him to delay Brexit if it has not approved an exit agreement by mid-October.
“The best way to leave is with a deal,” Hancock told Sky News on the first day of the governing Conservative Party’s annual conference in the northern city of Manchester.
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“We have got to get Brexit done. Absolutely ‘no deal’ may well happen.”
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