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		</div><p>The next British prime minister should strive to reach a Brexit deal, Theresa May has said as the race to succeed her entered its final stretch.</p>
<p>Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt will take part in the final hustings of the campaign tonight.</p>
<p>Offering advice to her successor, Mrs May said they should find a way to leave the European Union that was “in the national interest”.</p>
<p>Former foreign secretary Mr Johnson, the favourite to become the next British prime minister, has made a “do or die” pledge to leave the EU on October 31 with or without a deal.</p>
<p>Current Foreign Secretary Mr Hunt has said he could delay Brexit beyond that point if a deal was in reach, but has not ruled out walking away from negotiations without an agreement.</p>
<p>Answering questions after her final major speech as British Prime Minister, Mrs May said the “best route” for Brexit was to leave with a deal.</p>
<p><em>“I think we had a good deal, but Parliament wasn’t willing to come behind that with a majority.</em></p>
<p><em>“It will be for whoever succeeds me to find a way through that and I believe that the aim must still be to leave – ie to deliver on the vote of the referendum – but to do so in a way that is in the national interest.”</em></p>
<p>She defended the Irish backstop, one of the most contentious parts of her Brexit deal.</p>
<p>Both contenders in the race to succeed her have declared that the backstop – a contingency plan to ensure there is no hard border with Ireland – is dead and should be replaced.</p>
<p>But explaining why it was necessary, Mrs May said: <em>“At the heart of the Belfast Good Friday Agreement is an essential compromise that people who are Irish can live in Northern Ireland as part of the UK but on a day-to-day basis, in their business and their own personal activities, operate without any encumbrance on their operation across that border.</em></p>
<p><em>“I believe it’s important that we are able to sustain that into the future.”</em></p>
<p>Meanwhile Chancellor Philip Hammond launched an attack on one of Mr Johnson’s most prominent supporters, claiming it was “terrifying” that anyone close to the potential next administration could support a no-deal Brexit.</p>
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<p>European Research Group chairman Jacob Rees-Mogg used a Daily Telegraph opinion piece to dismiss the “silliness” of Treasury forecasts suggesting a £90 billion hit to the economy.</p>
<p>Mr Hammond said: <em>“Happy to debate scale of negative impact of no deal on the economy – but terrifying that someone this close to a potential future government can think we’d actually be better off by adding barriers to access to our largest market.”</em></p>
<p>Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay also laughed off the £90 billion figure, insisting that it was a forecast for 2035 and did not factor in any mitigation measures a government might introduce.</p>
<p>He suggested a no-deal Brexit was more likely than people had claimed, saying it was “underpriced”.</p>
<p>Mr Barclay backs Mr Johnson, who has claimed the chances of a no-deal Brexit were a “million to one against”.</p>
<p>Cabinet colleague Amber Rudd, who backs Mr Hunt, insisted whoever won the leadership contest would have to compromise on EU withdrawal.</p>
<p>The Work and Pensions Secretary said she was “surprised” by the hardline stance taken by the Foreign Secretary and Mr Johnson on EU withdrawal in Monday’s leadership debate.</p>
<p>Ms Rudd told the Politico website: <em>“I think they will find they have to compromise.</em></p>
<p><em>“I was surprised by what they both said and I think their views will collide with the reality when whichever one wins, starts negotiating and starts dealing with a Parliament which may be more difficult than they think to engage with.”</em></p>
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