Varadkar and Johnson to hold crunch meeting in bid to save Brexit talks

Leo Varadkar and Boris Johnson have spoken on the phone this evening to discuss Brexit.

Leo Varadkar and Boris Johnson to hold crunch talks as negotiations to avert a no-deal Brexit were hanging in the balance.

The two leaders spoke by telephone for about 40 minutes amid accusations from No 10 that the EU was making it “essentially impossible” for Britain to leave with an agreement.