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Latest updates: EU’s chief Brexit negotiator says gaps on level playing field, governance and fisheries are still not bridged

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7.14pm GMT
Rachel Reeves, Labour’s shadow minister for the Cabinet Office, urged the UK government and the European Union to “get on with reaching an agreement”.
She said: “Day after day we see this Government failing to deliver their promises to the British people and failing to get the deal they promised done.
Securing a deal is critical to the British national interest for jobs and security.
7.04pm GMT
In a joint statement, Johnson and Von der Leyen said: “As agreed on Saturday, we took stock today of the ongoing negotiations.
We agreed that the conditions for finalising an agreement are not there, due to the remaining significant differences on three critical issues: level playing field, governance and fisheries.
“We asked our chief negotiators and their teams to prepare an overview of the remaining differences to be discussed in a physical meeting in Brussels in the coming days.” Continue reading...