Philip Hammond has ruled out Britain remaining within the EU's single market as part of a transitional Brexit arrangement - as Labour left the option open. The Chancellor insisted the UK will be quitting the single market - and thereby ending free movement migration rules - at the same time as the country leaves the EU in March 2019. His assertion comes on the back of claims by prominent Labour MP Stephen Kinnock he has had "positive conversations" with Tory MPs about forcing the Government to keep Britain in the single market for a time-limited period. Despite tensions at the top of Government, Mr Hammond claimed ... (full story)