How far away are UK and EU from reaching a Brexit deal?

Agreement this week unlikely but talks are ongoing and PM is building Commons support

• Macron gives Johnson until end of week to overhaul Brexit plan

Perhaps. The EU summit starting on 17 October has long been seen as a hard deadline, but EU leaders will not negotiate legal text in the middle of the night and, realistically, for a deal to happen most of the components would have to be in place by next weekend. Emmanuel Macron has floated this Friday as a deadline, although No 10 thinks 14 October will in practice be the last possible moment for a deal.