Longest Pound Slide Since 2000 Shows Brexit Respite All But Over

  • Prime Minister May bows to demands to set date for exit
  • Pound hurt by both Brexit woes, global trade tensions: Nomura

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The pound headed for the longest losing streak against the euro since the turn of the century as rising U.K. political risks fanned concern about the nation’s ability to achieve an orderly Brexit.