Politics latest news: Brexit talks end early for second week running despite 'constructive' talks

Britain faces 'reckoning' of tax rises – but not until 2022, senior economist says Mini-Budget 2020: who are the winners and losers? How does the stamp duty holiday work for second homes and buy-to-let purchases? Sketch: Sunak isn’t a typical Tory chancellor... and Labour don’t know what to do about him Subscribe to The Telegraph, free for one month Brexit talks have finished early for a second week running, despite “constructive” conversations taking place in London. Although the latest round was due to run until Friday, things were brought to a halt yesterday, it has emerged. Last week negotiations ended a day earlier than expected. July had been ear-marked as a period in which “intensified” discussions would take place as both sides seek an end to the impasse on fisheries and the level playing-field. However German Chancellor Angela Merkel yesterday told the EU to prepare for a no trade deal Brexit on Wednesday, after Boris Johnson told her Britain was "ready" to walk away without an agreement. There remain "significant divergences" between the European Union and the UK in attempts to seal a post-Brexit trade deal, the European Commission said. The Prime Minister’s spokesman today insisted the London talks were an “informal round” of discussions. He said David Frost and Michel Barnier both said they had “constructive discussions” earlier in the week. Read more below.

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