Article 3GDB1 No 10 says Brexit transition period will not be open-ended

No 10 says Brexit transition period will not be open-ended

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Daniel Boffey and Heather Stewart
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Rebuttal follows leaked Whitehall paper revealing UK is challenging EU's 21-month limit

Downing Street has insisted there will be a firm end-date to the Brexit transition period, after a leaked document revealed the British government is challenging the EU's 21-month limit and proposing that the UK stays in the single market and customs union as long as is necessary.

The government moved to avoid inflaming tensions with its pro-Brexit backbenchers, by dismissing the idea that a transition deal, which the government hopes to strike within the next few weeks, would be open-ended.

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