Philip Hammond attends the IMF Spring Meetings in Washington DC on the weekend of 12th-14th April. The Chancellor is hopeful of getting Theresa May's Brexit deal agreed in Parliament in time to avoid the European Parliament election next month. Thursday saw the launch of the Nigel Farage-led Brexit Party which will campaign in that election. Reacting to the creation of the new party Mr Hammond said: "Nigel Farage will pop up in one guise or another, I'm sure, whenever it suits him". Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn