Hammond till Tyskland: Straffa oss inte för brexit
Storbritanniens finansminister Philip Hammond varnar Tyskland för att straffa britterna i brexitförhandlingarna, skriver brittiska medier. Åtgärder för att skydda unionen på Storbritanniens bekostnad skulle nämligen drabba tillväxten även i Europa, menar han.
– Det här behöver inte vara ett negativt nollsummespel. Det är mycket som står på spel, sa Hammond under en konferens i Berlin på onsdagen, enligt Financial Times.
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Philip Hammond
Wikipedia (en)
Philip Anthony Hammond PC MP (born 4 December 1955) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Chancellor of the Exchequer since 13 July 2016 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Runnymede and Weybridge since 1997.
Hammond was born in Epping, Essex, and studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at University College, Oxford. He worked from 1984 as a company director at Castlemead Ltd - a healthcare and nursing company. From 1995-97 he acted as an adviser to the government of Malawi before his election to Parliament. He was promoted to the Shadow Cabinet by David Cameron in 2005 as Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, remaining in this position until a 2007 reshuffle when he became Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury.
After the formation of the Coalition Government in May 2010, he was appointed Secretary of State for Transport and was sworn of the Privy Council. Upon the resignation of Liam Fox over a scandal in October 2011, Hammond was promoted to replace him as Secretary of State for Defence, before being further promoted in July 2014 to become Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.
In July 2016, after Theresa May succeeded Cameron as Prime Minister, Hammond was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer.
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