The Government wants Brexit talks to end next week. But can they end well?

Will the cross-party Brexit talks ever end? They seem to have been going on for almost as long as the negotiations to get Britain out of the European Union, and with a similar lack of anything for either side to boast about. Yesterday, David Lidington said he was ‘encouraged by the sense in the room today about the need to inject greater urgency into this’, which was read by some as a sign that a breakthrough might be imminent. This seems a rather hopeful reading of what is essentially an admission that everyone has been faffing around a lot, but members of the Labour negotiating team also believe the government might shift on some of its red lines.

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Lidington updated the cabinet on the talks when it met today. The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said after the meeting:

‘Cabinet received an update on the Brexit talks with the opposition, including the negotiations last night, which were serious and constructive.