LONDON — The U.K. will not seek a formal relationship with the European Union on development work after the country withdraws from the bloc at the end of the year, according to a senior government official.
The U.K.’s Department for International Development will instead pursue cooperation with the EU on a “case-by-case” basis, according to the head of its Europe department, Omar Daair.
He told a webinar hosted by British Expertise, a network of U.K. development contractors, that existing EU rules for dealing with third parties were sufficient for future collaboration on development projects.