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Sir Vince Cable is to accuse Brexiteers of “misleading” Brits over having a final say on Brexit.

Anti-EU campaigners say new laws for the public to vote on any deal would take months - making it impossible before we quit the EU next March.

But speaking on Saturday at a campaign rally for a referendum on a final deal, the Lib Dem leader will rubbish the claims - insisting new laws could take just weeks.

More than 250,000 people have signed a petition calling for a fresh referendum ahead of the UK's planned exit in March 2019.

Speaking in Bristol, he is expected to say: “The Brexit fanatics will tell you it’s too late, that there’s no time to get legislation for a People’s Vote through Parliament.

“They are wrong, if not deliberately misleading.

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"If Parliament could pass laws to nationalise banks during the financial crisis in a matter of days, then we can secure the legislation to allow people their right to a final say within weeks.”

Meanwhile, Chancellor Philip Hammond has issued a new call to Brussels to accept Theresa May’s Brexit blueprint, insisting it offers a “fair and sensible” way forward.

Mr Hammond said the controversial plan hammered out at Chequers last month would enable the UK to remain closely connected to the European economy in a way that worked for both sides.

His comments came after International Trade Secretary Liam Fox warned that “intransigence” on the EU side meant there was now a 60-40 chance that Britain would crash out without a deal.

The European Commission’s chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, has already rejected a key element of the proposals for a “facilitated customs arrangement”.

Mr Barnier said the EU would not accept anything which undermined the integrity of the single market.

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At the same time, the PM is under fire at home from Tory Brexiteers who argue that the plan for a “common rule book” for trade in goods would restrict Britain’s ability to strike free trade agreements around the world.

Mr Hammond, however, insisted that it represented a “pragmatic” way out of the the current deadlock in the talks.

He told Sky News: “Getting a deal with the European Union that allows our businesses to continue accessing the European market is clearly in our best interest.

“I believe that the Chequers White Paper represents the best way forward.

“It is a fair and sensible and pragmatic offer to the Europeans that will allow us to deliver on the result of the referendum - taking back control of our borders for immigration, allowing us to develop our own trade policy, the ending of large amounts of money to Brussels every year - but at the same time allow us to remain closely connected with the European economy in a way that works for us and works for the Europeans.”