Hammond and Fox: We will leave customs union during Brexit transition

Ministers’ joint declaration means UK could strike trade deals with non-EU countries from moment it leaves in March 2019Britain will not remain in the customs union during the transitional period planned for immediately after it leaves the European Union, two leading cabinet ministers declared on Sunday.Liam Fox, the international trade secretary, and Philip Hammond, the chancellor, made the declaration in a joint article for the Sunday Telegraph intended to quash speculation that the cabi