Prime Minister David Cameron plans to make Finance Minister George Osborne his lead negotiator as he speeds up his push for concessions from the EU before a planned referendum on Britain’s membership of the bloc, the Sunday Times newspaper reported.
Hammond to assist The report said Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond would back up Mr. Osborne — who was made the highest-ranking member of the Cabinet after Cameron on Friday — and that both Ministers would visit Berlin and Brussels as part of Mr. Cameron’s first 100-day plan. A spokesman in Downing Street declined to comment.
Scottish National Party (SNP) leader Nicola Sturgeon repeated on Sunday that her party could demand another referendum on Scottish independence if Britain voted to leave the bloc against Scotland’s wishes.
