UK rejects Finnish leader's claim there's 'no time' for new Brexit deal

Image: PA Image: PA THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT has rejected claims that a Brexit deal cannot be negotiated in time for a crucial EU summit after the Finnish prime minister said “more time” is needed.

But housing secretary Robert Jenrick rejected the remarks, stressing a “great deal” of progress had been made and negotiators are working “very intensively”. “I think there is no time in a practical or legal way to find an agreement before the EU Council meeting. We need more time,” Rinne said during a Helsinki press conference, according to Reuters.

Today’s planned update to senior ministers was said to have been delayed until tomorrow so he can give more detailed information on efforts to strike a new agreement. In similar comments, Johnson told senior ministers there was “still a significant amount of work to get there” but a “pathway” to a deal was still visible.

There are fears that a loophole could be used to avoid this, with Johnson repeatedly ruling out making the extension request under his “do or die” pledge to get Brexit done by the Halloween deadline.

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