UK’s ‘aspirational’ assurances no basis to move past border in Brexit talks, says Coveney

The Government has issued a fresh warning to Theresa May that the deadlock in the Brexit negotiations cannot be broken until it is clear there will be no ‘hard border’.

Arriving in Brussels for a gathering of leaders from the EU and former Soviet states, the British Prime Minister said it was time to move on to the "next stage" in the negotiations, including talks on a free trade deal.