Brexit talks between the UK and EU will drag on into next week after negotiators were struck down with Covid - despite suggestions a breakthrough is edging closer.
Face-to-face negotiations were temporarily suspended on Thursday after a member of Michel Barnier’s EU negotiating team tested positive for Covid-19.
Downing Street confirmed that talks would continue remotely over the weekend and into the early part of next week with face-to-face negotiations expected to resume once it was considered safe.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson ’s official spokesman said the Government still wanted to get an agreement “as quickly or as soon as possible”.
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