Latest Brexit offer 'selling EU fishing communities down the river', Barnier told

European fisheries chief hits out as talks on trade and security deal go down to the wire

Michel Barnier has been told by the European fishing industry that his latest offer to the UK amounts to selling coastal communities down the river" as negotiators continue to haggle in Brussels over a post-Brexit trade and security deal.

The EU and UK negotiating teams remain at loggerheads on the future rights of EU fishing fleets in British seas, with Downing Street warning there will not be a deal without a significant shift from Barnier in the coming hours.