No deal in EU-UK trade talks would make country ‘less safe’, says UK terror chief

Metropolitan Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu has warned of the security implications if there is no UK-EU agreement (Hollie Adams/PA)

The UK’s top counter-terrorism police chief has warned a no-deal outcome in the trade talks with the European Union would make the country “less safe”.

Negotiators are currently locked in intensive discussions in Brussels as they look to secure a post-Brexit trading arrangement before the transition period ends on December 31.