David Davis will travel to Paris on Monday for Brexit talks days after French President Emmanuel Macron suggested Britain would need to up its divorce payment offer to unlock trade negotiations.

The pound fell the most in more than two weeks as Bank of England policymakers signalled further monetary easing is possible amid economic uncertainty after the UK voted to leave the EU.

THE deputy director general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has called on European businesses to put pressure on their governments to proceed with the next round of negotiations.

Employers' body IBEC is calling on the Government not to enter the upcoming World Trade talks intent on defending the farming sector at the expense of others.