May Takes Control of EU Talks, Sidelining Raab: Brexit Update

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Prime Minister Theresa May has taken control of Brexit talks, relegating the Brexit Department. The pound rose on the news. Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab and Oliver Robbins, May’s negotiator, were questioned for two-and-a-half hours by lawmakers on Parliament’s Brexit Committee after a solo performance by Raab in the House of Commons chamber.