Hello and welcome to our latest Beyond Brexit podcast. I'm Emily Kahn.

Now, every Friday morning here at PWC, members of our Brexit team and some of our political

advisors meet to discuss the latest developments and what we should be advising clients as a result.

Today, for one week only, the week when our new Prime Minister has taken

office, you're invited to listen in on our discussion. By way of introduction, I'm joined by

two familiar voices, Anna Wallace and Andrew Gray, and a first time beyond Brexit podcaster, Mark

Hoban, member of our P.WC Advisory Council and former Conservative MP and government minister.

Thank you all for joining me.

Thank you.

Now, we now know that Boris Johnson will be our new Prime Minister.

For Brexit, what do we know about his intentions?

Maybe Anna, I can come to you first and what we've learned in recent weeks.

Hi, Emily. Well, I guess we're still learning and we know a little bit more now than we did

only 24, 48 hours ago. But what do we know? Well, he's absolutely committed to leaving

on the 31st of October, come what may. And we saw that restatement again on the steps of Downing Street

that he will he is committed to leaving on the 31st of October deal or no deal and that's

clearly significant for businesses who are planning the cabinet that he's put together is very much

a Brexit cabinet all believers and will all be motivated

to maintain that 31st of October deadline. He'll be off to European capitals next week

to try and improve the withdrawal agreement because he's said that the backstop, which

of course remains the biggest barrier to getting that deal through Parliament, he's described

it as anti-democratic.

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