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Even the most cautious officials are whispering that this time an agreement could be in sight.

A Government source said there was now a '99.9 per cent' likelihood that negotiations would slip into next week as the PM tries to calm a backlash by the DUP and his own MPs.

At least 16 recipients of prestigious ERC grants making plans to reject UK offer and move their labs abroad The UK is facing an exodus of star scientists with at least 16 recipients of prestigious... European grants making plans to move their labs abroad as the UK remains frozen out of the EU's flagship science programme. Britain's participation in Horizon Europe has been caught in the crosshairs of the dispute over Brexit in Northern Ireland, meaning that 143 UK-based recipients of European Research Council fellowships this week faced a deadline of either relinquishing their grant or transferring it to an institute in an eligible country.

Border checks said to have increased business costs and 'suppressed' trade, and the situation could worsen Brexit red tape has damaged Britain's trade with the EU and the situation could worsen unless... the government works with Brussels to reduce hold-ups at UK ports, parliament's spending watchdog has said. Only hours after Jacob Rees-Mogg was appointed minister for Brexit opportunities, a report by the cross-party public accounts committee (PAC) said border checks in place since the beginning of the year had increased business costs and "suppressed" trade with the EU.

The UK government says the plan will cut red tape - but devolved nations are unhappy with the move.

Liz Truss has warned she is willing to trigger Article 16 - unilaterally overriding parts of the post-Brexit agreement on Northern Ireland - if the negotiations she is now leading fail.

New post-Brexit customs rules for goods arriving in Britain from the European Union have come into effect, changes that a leading food industry body has warned could cause disruption and potentially... lead to food shortages.

Britain's negotiator says there's a lot of work to do, as Brussels prepares 'for the worst' David Frost, the UK's Brexit minister, has warned there is a "big gap" between the EU and the UK negotiating... positions as he enters talks with the European Commission over changes to the arrangements for trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The EU has offered to sweep away most customs and health checks on animal and plant products entering Northern Ireland under a revision of the current system but both sides privately recognise that fundamental differences remain between their visions for the future.

The chances of UK-US trade deal in the next few years have been played down - but what other agreements has the UK made?

A new Brexit row has erupted over how much the UK owes the EU as part of its "divorce bill".

From a leadership fiasco to the 'sausage wars', the Democratic Unionist party's stance on Brexit has forced it to contend with a new - perhaps even existential - set of problems. What will they mean... for the region's future? When the Democratic Unionist party decided to support Brexit, many warned that the decision could have profound consequences for Northern Ireland's position within the UK. Five years on, new customs arrangements and an Irish Sea border mean trade flows with the Republic of Ireland are growing - even as imports from Great Britain are slowing. And some on the unionist side fear that bit by bit, the argument for a united Ireland is gaining ground. Now the region has found itself in the grip of a so-called 'sausage war' over chilled processed meats. At the same time, the...

Brexit minister and EU Commission official to meet this week as tensions remain high The Brexit minister Lord Frost and the European Commission vice-president, Maroš efčovič, are... expected to meet this week to try to break the deadlock over Brexit checks in Northern Ireland. But as the countdown begins to a 30 June ban on the sale of chilled meats, including sausages, from Great Britain in Northern Irish supermarkets, tensions between the EU and Boris Johnson's government remain heightened.

French president confronts Boris Johnson over standoff on Northern Ireland protocol in talks at G7 G7 summit in Cornwall - live updates The French president, Emmanuel Macron, has issued a robust... warning to Boris Johnson, telling him the British government must "honour their word" over the Brexit deal, as he called for a "reset" in relations between their two countries. Macron confronted the prime minister over the standoff on the Northern Ireland protocol, when the pair held a bilateral meeting at the G7 summit in Cornwall on Saturday morning.

Figures show more than 420,000 applications were made from 2016-2020 The number of Irish passports issued in Great Britain rocketed in the years following the Brexit referendum, according to figures.... The data emerged as it was revealed that the celebrated British author John le Carré went to his grave as an Irish citizen.

Three months since the end of the transition period, bosses share their stories of how trade has changed.

Ppost-Brexit security arrangements are "complex and untested", a House of Lords report warns.

A focus on the Indo-Pacific region and a White House-style situation room are part of the strategy.

US president Joe Biden has previously expressed concerns about the situation in Ireland after Brexit.

Exclusive: Ban on plants being moved across Irish Sea is major setback for tree-planting programmes in region Orders for almost 100,000 trees have been cancelled by Northern Ireland buyers because of... a post-Brexit ban on the plants being moved from Britain, the Guardian can reveal. Leaders in the business say it is a major setback for tree-planting programmes in Belfast and elsewhere in the region.

A British supermarket chain in Belgium is on the verge of closure with no deliveries since December.

The volume of exports going through British ports to the EU fell by 68% last month compared with January last year, according to research.

Labour leader rules out extensive renegotiation if party wins next election Keir Starmer has abandoned the commitment to free movement of people in the European Union he made to Labour members during... the party's leadership contest. The Labour leader said his party had to be honest with the public, and that if it won the next general election a major renegotiation of the Brexit treaty would not be possible.

The existence of a deal is a big plus for Britain and Europe, but Britain especially still has a long and difficult road to travel.

NI's first minister says the UK-EU deal eases "some of the difficulties with the NI Protocol".

Starting the new rules on a holiday helped, with some predicting more confusion and backups in the days ahead.