Michael Gove has accused the EU of refusing to engage in negotiations on a new Brexit deal amid a deepening war of words between Westminster and Brussels. Mr Gove, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster who is in charge of no-deal preparations, said he was "deeply saddened" by the EU position, which was "not in Europe's interests".
In Brussels, the European Commission insisted it was open to talks but made clear Theresa May's Brexit agreement was "the best possible deal" Britain was going to get.
That position was underlined by Irish premier Leo Varadkar, who insisted that the Withdrawal Agreement - including the Northern Ireland backstop - could not be re-opened.
The latest exchanges followed reports from Brussels that EU officials had concluded that Boris Johnson's new Government had no intention of negotiating and that its "central scenario" was a no-deal break on October 31.
Labour peer Lord Andrew Adonis joined Julia Hartley-Brewer to discuss the current and ongoing Brexit negotiations.
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