UK to issue five new outline proposals for future ties this week
This outlines Britain's negotiating stance to try to nudge discussions forward to the second phase
Brexit deadlock is very disturbing for thousands of project promoters & taxpayers in Europe
The two-year timeframe for Brexit negotiations ends on March 29. 2019
British Cabinet frustration with the EU over the early phases of the Brexit negotiations intensified
UK PM May said to have called for working on trade deal simultaneously with talks on Britain's exit
His replacement as speaker will be chosen on Monday
The development marks a win for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's bid for a pre-Christmas poll to try and win a public mandate in favour of his Brexit.
If no party wins conclusively, the Brexit deadlock will continue
The fabric of Britain's unwritten constitution has been dangerously damaged by partisan passions over Brexit
'The prospect of elections has strengthened significantly over the weekend,' the source added
But with the Labour Party waiting for the European Union to grant a Brexit delay and two other parties launching their bid for an earlier election, the govt's bid so far looks set to fail
Johnson wants to call an election for December 12 that he hopes will give him a majority to pass the divorce deal he struck with EU leaders last week
'The question of granting an extension, that looks very good,' EU president-elect Ursula von der Leyen said
Gives an insight into the level of concern at a major company about the uncertainties of a future outside the EU
The report comes amid reports of JLR being forced to make job cuts, shedding more than 1,000 agency staff and putting 2,000 workers at its Castle Bromwich plant
Public, political debate taking us in wrong direction, businesses cannot wait, says British Bankers' Association CEO Browne
Academics had warned of Britain failing to reach at least a transitional trade deal with the EU
Britain and the EU, like other US allies, have been hit by the biting Trump administration tariffs
Britain would have to go on accepting EU rules, such as free migration