May says departments will be told how Brexit £250m can be spent

Prime minister says Treasury will advise on how to draw on the money set aside for preparing to leave EU

Theresa May has said the Treasury will write to government departments letting them know how they can spend £250m set aside for Brexit preparations, after the chancellor insisted it was not yet time to get ready for a “no deal” scenario.

During a lengthy grilling from the cross-party Treasury select committee on Wednesday, Philip Hammond insisted that while no deal remained a possibility, he would not authorise expenditure immediately.

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