Brexit: Hammond to tell the cabinet to consider referendum

Britain's finance minister Philip Hammond said on Sunday he would resign on Wednesday before his expected sacking by the favourite to become Britain's next prime minister, Boris Johnson, takes office.

LONDON: Chancellor Philip Hammond will tell cabinet on Tuesday that the Conservatives may have to consider referendum, since neither the party or the country could afford an election, the Times' deputy political editor said in a tweet.

Hammond will say that the British government has to make its own compromise proposal or admit that parliament has failed and put it back to the people in a referendum, the Times report said. - Reuters