BRUSSELS: The EU fired a fresh salvo at Britain on Thursday, proposing fresh rules that would require a huge slice of London’s banking business to leave the UK after Brexit.

The new rules unveiled by European Commission vice-president Valdis Dombrovskis would deny London the right to host banking “clearing houses” that deal in euros, the EU’s single currency.

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