Post-Brexit trade talks in final few days, minister warns

David Frost and Michel Barnier will continue negotiations. Picture: Aaron Chown/Stefan Rousseau/PA

A breakthrough is needed in the “next few days” if talks with the EU on a post-Brexit trade deal are to succeed, a senior UK Government minister has warned.

Negotiations were resuming in Brussels on Sunday after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen ordered a push to try to overcome the remaining differences.