A finance ministers quadrilateral meeting was held today in 1 Horse Guards Road under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Rt Hon David Gauke MP.

The participants were:

• from HM government: the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Rt Hon David Gauke MP; the Secretary of State for Scotland, Rt Hon David Mundell MP; the Secretary of State for Wales, the Rt Hon Alun Cairns MP; the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP
• from the Welsh government the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government, Mark Drakeford AM
• from the Northern Ireland Executive the Minister of Finance, Máirtín Ó Muilleoir MLA
• from the Scottish Government the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Constitution, Derek Mackay MSP

The 5 principal agenda items at the meeting were:

• EU funding
• Autumn Statement
• taxes and levies
• financial transactions
• classification of housing