Brexit talks: Britain accuses EU of treating UK as 'unworthy' partner

Chief negotiator David Frost says proposed trade deal would make UK bend to EU norms'

Britain's chief negotiator, David Frost, has accused Brussels of treating the UK as an unworthy" partner by offering a low-quality trade agreement that he says would force the country to bend to EU norms".

In an extraordinary letter to the EU's chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, the prime minister's envoy says Brussels' proposal that EU state aid rules be part of British law is egregious" and simply not a provision any democratic country could sign".