See you next year, Dear UE? Brexit news

Exiting Cummings could be the start of an escalation towards a post-Brexit trade agreement

The EU insisted that an agreement on trade terms needs to be reached this week so that it can be ratified before the end of the Brexit transition period on 1 January.

The UK has resisted Michel Barnier's demands to cede control of fishing waters and to accept EU rules on state aid and the environment.