Get the biggest politics stories by email Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid EmailA Brexit deal will not be possible before this week’s crunch Brussels summit, EU leaders have reportedly told Boris Johnson . If the reports are correct, it makes it next to impossible for the UK to leave the EU with a deal before October 31. But current EU president Finland said more time was needed and that negotiations could continue even after the EU summit. Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said a deal was possible with more work. "We are not very optimistic," a senior EU diplomat told Reuters.

Source: Daily Mirror October 14, 2019 18:45 UTC