FILE PHOTO: Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond leaves 11 Downing Steet in London, Britain, December 17, 2018. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo
(Reuters) – Twenty ministers have been meeting secretly to discuss plans to stop a no-deal Brexit, the Daily Telegraph newspaper reported on Wednesday.
The group, which includes Amber Rudd, Philip Hammond, David Gauke and Claire Perry last met on Tuesday last week to discuss an amendment tabled by the Labour MP Yvette Cooper on taking no deal off the table, the newspaper said.
Reporting by Shubham Kalia in Bengaluru; Editing by James Dalgleish
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