Theresa May demands 'creative' Brexit trade deal after 'unified' Cabinet meeting
Downing Street has hit back at the EU as the new battle-lines for a Brexit trade deal were drawn.
Theresa May's spokesman expressed confidence UK financial services would "get a good overall deal" despite Brussels' chief negotiator Michel Barnier ruling out a special deal for the City of London (LSE: CIN.L - news) .
They said Britain would demand a "more ambitious" agreement with Brussels than its one with Canada.
And they branded a Norway-style arrangement "not suitable".
It came after a "unified" Cabinet meeting, the first formal discussion by ministers to thrash out a preferred divorce state.
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