What is the UK demanding from the EU to avoid a no-deal Brexit?

Michael Gove says door is still ‘ajar’ to secure trade agreement with Brussels

Minister for the Cabinet Office Michael Gove walks up Downing Street
 Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove 
(Image credit: Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images)

Michael Gove has said the door is “still ajar” for talks with the EU over a post-Brexit trade deal - but only if Brussels speeds up negotiations and offers concessions.

Speaking to the BBC’s Andrew Marr yesterday, Gove said: “We have drawn the conclusion that unless their approach changes, they are not interested and they have in effect drawn stumps.”

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  Chas Newkey-Burden has been part of The Week Digital team for more than a decade and a journalist for 25 years, starting out on the irreverent football weekly 90 Minutes, before moving to lifestyle magazines Loaded and Attitude. He was a columnist for The Big Issue and landed a world exclusive with David Beckham that became the weekly magazine’s bestselling issue. He now writes regularly for The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Independent, Metro, FourFourTwo and the i new site. He is also the author of a number of non-fiction books.