UK sets out its stall for post-Brexit EU trade talks

The Government is to publish its mandate ahead of talks between Michel Barnier and the PM’s Europe adviser David Frost on Monday.

Boris Johnson will reveal his aims for a trade deal with the European Union ahead of talks on Monday which are likely to expose deep divisions between the two sides.

The mandate for the talks published by the Government on Thursday will stress the British Prime Minsiter's priorities of ensuring the “political and economic independence” of the UK from January 1 2021.