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Brexit - live updates: Theresa May to meet senior ministers to discuss EU trade deal proposals Brexit - live updates: Adviser to chief EU negotiator Michel Barnier says transition period is 'not a given'
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Welcome to The Independent’s politics live blog. Today Theresa May is due to meet her most senior ministers to discuss what kind of trade deal the UK should have with the EU after Brexit.  Welcome to The Independent’s politics live blog. Theresa May has met her most senior ministers in Cabinet to discuss - for the first time - what kind of trade deal the UK should pursue with the EU after Brexit. 
The Prime Minister will then tell the House of Commons she will attempt to finalise free trade deals with countries outside the bloc “where possible” - setting her on collision course with Brussels. The Prime Minister is also due to address the House of Commons, telling MPs she will attempt to finalise free trade deals with countries outside the bloc “where possible” - setting her on collision course with Brussels. 
Ms May's statement in the Commons will see her indicate that she is determined to push towards the UK’s post-Brexit systems on trade and immigration. It comes after Stefaan De Rynck, an adviser to the EU’s top Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier, told an audience in London that the post-withdrawal transition period is “not a given” as he highlighted tensions between London and Brussels. 
She will say that during the transition, she intends to “register new arrivals from the EU as preparation for our future immigration system”. Speaking at an event in London, Stefaan De Rynck said the EU's goal was to have a fully-written withdrawal treaty ready for ratification by October next year, but stressed many issues needed to be worked out in the tight timeframe and that Britain would not be allowed to pick and choose a “buffet” option.
“And we will prepare for our future independent trade policy by negotiating – and where possible, signing – trade deals with third countries, which could come into force after the conclusion of the implementation period.”
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