Chance of post-Brexit trade deal breakthrough ‘receding’, UK warns

The EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier (right) leaves the BEIS Conference Centre, central London, after ongoing talks to strike a post-Brexit trade deal.

Talks on a post-Brexit trade deal have suffered a blow, with the UK accusing the European Union of making fresh demands at the 11th hour.

The UK’s current trading arrangements with the bloc expire at the end of the month, leaving little time to get a deal agreed by negotiators and approved by the EU’s leaders, Westminster and the European Parliament.