Talks ground to a halt over a “ridiculous” EU demand for 10 years’ access to UK fishing waters, The Daily Telegraph reports.The paper says an agreement must be done by the end of the month or Britain will revert to World Trade Organisation rules – meaning tariffs and increased checks on EU goods.
Lead EU negotiator Michel Barnier is pictured in London on the front of the i newspaper. It says talks are going down “to the wire” but that markets are hopeful of an imminent deal, with the pound’s value rising to a two-year high against the dollar.
Tomorrow’s Daily Express leads with a story about Brexit talks hitting a block at the eleventh hour over subsidies.
The Daily Mirror is calling on the government to use the £1.8bn in COVID tax relief handed back by supermarkets to be given to struggling pubs.
A politician with the name Adolf Hitler has won an election in Namibia, the Daily Star reports.
NHS staff have been replaced by care homes at the top of the priority list for the coronavirus vaccine, The Guardian reports.
