Cabinet ministers plan eight-week Brexit delay

Cabinet ministers including Jeremy Hunt, Philip Hammond and Liam Fox believe a two-month “grace period” after March would allow the Prime Minister’s deal to be accommodated with the necessary legislation, the Daily Telegraph reported.

During the period of the delay, the UK would still remain on the same terms with the European Union.

At the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, the newpaper also reported that Theresa May warned it was “counter-productive” to discuss the issue publicly and insisted the UK would be exiting the bloc in March.

Chancellor Hammond told ITV last week: "If we do get a deal and we need a little bit more time to get the legislation in place I'm sure everybody on both sides will take a reasonable response to that."

Fox also said recently that a "short delay" would be acceptable to "most MPs"

He also added: "There would be a huge difference between an extension to Article 50 because we hadn't reached an agreement, or a short delay because we had reached an agreement and needed the legislation to implement it."