Negotiations between the European Commission and the UK government were still underway in London on Friday 4 December and were set to continue over the weekend, in an attempt to reach agreement on their post-Brexit relationship.
Although EU negotiator Michel Barnier told national ambassadors to the EU on 2 December that the three areas of disagreement - fisheries, governance and the level playing field - had not yet been resolved, he decided to continue discussions without informing the...