May to take charge of Brexit talks at crucial Brussels meetings

Prime minister will seek agreement on Northern Ireland border issue that could clear way for talks on UK-EU trade deal

Theresa May will take personal charge of Brexit negotiations as she visits Brussels for crucial meetings hoping to clinch an agreement on the Northern Ireland border issue, which has so far proved impossible.

She will be having lunch on Monday with Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European commission, and will later meet Donald Tusk, president of the European council, on a day when all sides had hoped to finalise the UK offer on the border, citizens’ rights and the financial settlement.

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