David Davis

British Prime Minister Theresa May has been urged to delay the "meaningful vote" on her Brexit deal for a second time, reported rte.ie

Former Brexit secretary David Davis has speculated the vote could be put off if Mrs May looks likely to lose it.

The EU's chief negotiator has ruled out allowing the UK to collect customs duties on its behalf, a key UK proposal for post-Brexit trade.

Michel Barnier said the UK wanted to "take back control" of its money, law and borders - but so did the EU.

The EU would not delegate "excises duty collection to a non-member", he said.

The prime minister has issued a stark warning to MPs that failure to back her plan for Brexit would risk the UK not leaving the EU at all.

In an article for The Mail on Sunday, Theresa May warns rebels on both sides of her party that there is no other "workable alternative future trading relationship" to the plan agreed at Chequers, and fleshed out in a white paper this week.

Prime Minister Theresa May's foreign minister and Brexit negotiator quit on Monday (Tuesday AEST) in protest at her plans to keep close trade ties with the European Union after Britain leaves the bloc, stirring rebellion in her party's ranks.

LONDON: Britain's Brexit minister David Davis has resigned two days after the cabinet approved a plan to retain strong alignment with the European Union even after leaving the bloc, British media reported on Sunday.

Representatives of a number of large European companies, included in the European Industrialists Round Table, warned British Prime Minister Theresa May that Brexit's insecurity may lead to a reduction in investment in the British economy. This was reported by The Guardian.

Michel Barnier said he and Mr Davis have made a "decisive step" towards agreeing a joint legal text on the UK's EU withdrawal.

The Brussels negotiator also confirmed he would take the agreement to European Council of EU leaders for approval at Thursday's summit.

British Prime Minister Theresa May delivered her long-awaited speech on the future ties of the UK with Brussels. May said it was time to accept "harsh facts" about the economic consequences of leaving the community, reports the Express.co.uk

And she will insist that she will only sign a deal that benefits the whole of Britain and can "bring our country back together".

The Foreign Secretary is alleged to have urged the Germans to turn Brexit into an economic opportunity during un-minuted discussions in Berlin.

Mr Johnson is understood to have been referring to the continual and complicated Brexit negotiations rather than the vote to leave the EU overall, as he campaigned for the decision in the referendum.

Michel Barnier will fly into London on Monday where he will head to Downing Street to meet the UK's Brexit negotiator David Davis for a working lunch before talks enter the second phase of negotiations, Daily Express reported.