Ex-civil servant says UK would struggle to agree EU exit in two years

Britain would struggle to negotiate an exit from the European Union within a two-year deadline if voters decide to leave the bloc in June's referendum, the country's former top civil servant said on Wednesday. If they decide to leave, EU rules state that Britain will have two years to hammer out the terms of its new relationship with the EU on issues such as trade and the status of foreign residents. If by mid-2018, Britain has not agreed, its membership will simply end unless all the other EU s