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How the Chancellor is preparing for a 'no deal' Brexit

The Chancellor Philip Hammond has been reassuring MPs that the Treasury is preparing for a range of Brexit scenarios - including "no deal" and a "bad tempered breakdown" in negotiations. And he raised the prospect of all flights between the UK and the EU coming to a halt on Brexit Day.

He told the Treasury Committee that 250 million pounds had already been allocated to government departments but, as Kristiina Cooper reports, he said he wasn't going to start spending taxpayers' cash until the "very last moment".

You can hear more from Today in Parliament at 11.30pm on Radio 4.

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