Philip Hammond: EU leaders happy to hold informal talks about Brexit

UK foreign secretary says Brussels ban on pre-article 50 negotiations does not reflect mood in national capitals European leaders have already proved happy to hold informal talks on Brexit despite "strident noises" from Brussels banning such discussions, Philip Hammond, the foreign secretary, has said. The senior Conservative said his talks with other foreign ministers at a Nato summit in Brussels had been completely dominated by informal exchanges about Britain leaving the EU and its consequenc...