The favourites to succeed Prime Minister David Cameron pushed on Friday for a delay in initiating Britain’s talks to leave the
EU as French President Francois Hollande insisted “Brexit” cannot be cancelled or delayed.
In further signs of economic fallout from last week’s shock vote, the Government also warned that Britain
will likely abandon a key promise to achieve a budget surplus by 2020, while no-frills airline EasyJet announced contingency plans to ensure its European operations after Brexit.