Trade talks in the balance after the UK rejects EU ultimatum

Talks with the EU on a post-Brexit trade deal are in the balance after the UK rejected an ultimatum from Brussels (Jonathan Brady/PA)

Talks on a post-Brexit trade deal with the EU are hanging in the balance after Brussels demanded the UK abandon plans to override key elements of the Withdrawal Agreement.

At a stormy meeting in London on Thursday, the UK Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove insisted the British government “could not and would not” drop measures in legislation tabled earlier this week.