October 16, 2017

Theresa May will fly to Brussels today for emergency talks with EU chiefs to break the impasse on Brexit.

The prime minister will make the surprise trip with David Davis, the Brexit secretary. They will meet Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission, and Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief negotiator.

The meeting, which is understood to have been requested by Britain, comes days after Mr Juncker and Mr Barnier declared that talks over the UK’s withdrawal from the bloc were deadlocked.

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