UK Prime Minister Theresa May had agreed in December to a financial settlement totalling $46-51 bn that ministers said depended on agreeing on future trade ties
The Monetary Policy Committee, which has said that the UK needs limited and gradual hikes, will nonetheless vote unanimously to keep interest rates unchanged at 0.75% next week
The UK gesture could also soften European Commission plans, due to be published later on Wednesday
The industry also feels it is getting more of a hearing from Prime Minister Theresa May's government
JLR will be investing £4.5 billion each year through to 2021
Brexit to blame for UK fashion industry's uncertainty, but Britain will 'fight' to stay fashionable
Priti Patel is among 63 Conservative Party MPs to sign a letter attacking the UK government over its Brexit forecasts
Brexit talks are stuck over the issue of how to avoid a hard border between the British province of Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic
The collapse of Theresa May's deal would thrust the United Kingdom deeper into crisis
Faced with only basic EU access, banks, insurers and asset management firms are opening hubs in the bloc by next March
Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez threatens to 'veto Brexit' if it is not made clear that Madrid and London must resolve their differences over Gibraltar
A fragmented politics, with multiple shifting coalitions, is far better, more efficient, and more democratic, than the "normal" two-party system
Her message comes amid intense argument in parliament about how to proceed on Brexit or whether to leave the EU at all
Britain is set to leave the European Union on March 29
Bets on sterling swings have fallen to an almost three-month low even after UK lawmakers rejected Theresa May's withdrawal plan
A government source summed up the feeling in London by saying it was "not impressed".
Now is the time to come together to back this improved Brexit deal, May said at a joint press conference
The House of Commons voted against the deal by 391 votes to 242.
The divorce from the EU looks set to be delayed and could be softened or even abandoned, but the cost of separation is already apparent.
The fact that May has managed to make her time as PM last nearly three years with all of this going on is pretty impressive