Brexit: Cross-party talks 'productive' and 'constructive'

The latest talks between ministers and Labour to try to end the Brexit impasse were 'positive' and 'productive', the PM's de facto deputy has said. Speaking afterwards, David Lidington said he was 'encouraged' by a sense from both sides about the 'need to inject greater urgency' into the talks. He said there would be further meetings between the parties this week. Labour's shadow environment secretary Sue Hayman said there had been 'really constructive discussion' on Monday. She said the two parties were 'getting much more into the nuts and bolts of the detail', and that she believed the government was 'open to moving forward in our direction'. Cross-party negotiations have been taking place for a number of weeks after Theresa May's Brexit deal with the EU was effectively rejected for a third time by MPs.