The UK has formally rejected an extension to the Brexit transition period - raising the risk of a no deal departure at the end of the year.
Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove said he had "formally confirmed" to the EU the UK will not extend the transition period, adding: "The moment for extension has now passed".
Mr Gove held the second joint committee agreed under the Withdrawal Agreement with European Commission vice president Maros Sefcovic today.
But Mr Sefcovic told a briefing in Brussels that the EU "remains open to such an extension". UK sources were keen to depict the meeting as the last formal opportunity to request an extension to the transition period, as it is the last scheduled meeting of the joint committee before the July 1
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