The Financial Times leads on Brussels saying it is willing to compromise with Britain on “level playing field” rules for business, as Brexit talks continue. The rules aim to ensure close alignment between the two sides’ state-aid, environmental and employment regulations. The paper says the move is a sign of how positions are shifting ahead of intensive EU-UK future-relationships talks starting next week.
Sources suggest the UK has moved past its technical recession with first-quarter growth surpassing that of the US and Eurozone, a positive development for Rishi Sunak.