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May shuffles UK Brexit team for next phase of talks

May is hoping to use a major speech in Florence on Friday to break the deadlock, amid speculation she will offer to continue paying into the EU budget during a transitional phase after the UK formally leaves the EU, expected in March 2019.

18.09.2017

(Bloomberg) UK Prime Minister Theresa May has shuffled her team of top Brexit negotiators in preparation for talks entering a new phase.

Oliver Robbins has left his post as the leading official in charge of the Brexit Department to focus full time on the negotiations as May’s EU adviser working from the Cabinet office, according to a statement released by the Department for Exiting the European Union in London.