Senior EU officials have told Downing Street that next month’s European summit will suspend negotiations on a future partnership entirely until the customs issue is resolved.

The prime minister told cabinet colleagues on Thursday that the government had only weeks to present a unified plan after they rejected her proposal for a customs partnership with the bloc. Mrs May’s chief Brexit negotiator, Oliver Robbins, has been sent away to work on more “options” before a second meeting to take place within two weeks. [...]

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