Pound sinks to 28-month low on Brexit fears

The pound sank to a 28-month low against the dollar Boris Johnson's government toughened its rhetoric on Brexit.

Sterling dipped 1.1% to $ 1.2242 and € 1.1004 respectively.

The currency could fall further, according to badysts at ING Group, as traders appear to have been last-minute deal being reached.

Many business lobby groups have asked that no-deal be withdrawn as an option to keep investment flowing into the UK.

The pound dropped after "the events over the weekend, where the current stance of the new government became clear," said Petr Krpata, a currency strategist at ING Group.

Michael Gove, who is in charge of planning for no-deal, said the UK government is currently "working on the badumption" of that very outcome.

He said his team still wants to come to an agreement with Brussels, but writing in the Sunday Times, he added: "No deal is now a very real prospect."

Mr Krpata says ING Group's badumption is that it will take place as soon as possible and 1.08 $ 1.18.

The last low for sterling was $ 1.2049, reached in January 2017. The record low was $ 1.0545 from March 1985, just before G7 powers acted to constrain a strong US currency.

During a visit to Scotland, Mr Johnson said the former European negotiator has been "dead" and had "got to go".

EU member states have said that the deal is not an option.