Brussels makes no-deal Brexit plans as EU calls an end to talks

Status quo to be maintained in a few sectors for nine months as No 10’s claims of more talks dismissed

A bare-bones plan for keeping flights in the air and money flowing for nine months after of a no-deal Brexit is to be published by the European commission as officials dismissed the British government’s claims of further negotiations.

Downing Street had said it would be sending the government’s most senior legal officer, Jonathan Jones, to Brussels this week to open talks on further “legal and political assurances” over the hated Northern Ireland backstop.

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