Sign up to FREE email alerts from Mirror - politics Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Invalid EmailBritish negotiators again ruled out extending the Brexit transition with the EU. UK ministers and officials have come under mounting pressure to delay the deadline for striking a deal with Brussels as the world battles coronavirus. While Britain formally left the EU on January 31, we immediately entered an 11-month period where the relationship with the EU remains largely unchanged. Teams have until December 31 to agree a pact on the new relationship – and either side can walk away from talks in June. (Image: OLIVIER HOSLET/EPA-EFE/REX)British chief negotiator David Frost told the EU's Michel Barnier the UK would not request an extension to the December cut-off.

Source: Daily Mirror April 15, 2020 15:33 UTC