The UK wants to be able to align and diverge from EU rules sector by sector, but the block says it won’t work.
After a day-long meeting at the UK prime minister’s country retreat on Thursday, a “broad consensus” emerged among the country’s senior ministers on what kind of relationship they want with the EU after Brexit.
UK health secretary Jeremy Hunt told BBC Radio on Friday the UK would align with EU rules in certain “areas and sectors of industry” but on a...