I'm not sure if this got a note here overnight, so just posting it now

Theresa May says she wants an "implementation phase" to help smooth Britain's exit from the EU after 2019.

Says the Financial Times:

  • It was the closest Mrs May has come to publicly conceding that business and governments on both sides of the English Channel would need a transitional deal to avoid the Brexit "cliff-edge" feared by companies and the City of London

The article is here for more, but it may be gated: Theresa May says she wants to negotiate transitional Brexit deal