Downing Street is expected to push for more one to one talks between Michel Barnier and David Frost, the EU and UK’s chief negotiators, in an attempt to break the deadlock.
No10 wants senior Government officials to be able to open new channels of communications alongside the formal negotiations.
But the source said the UK would not budge on its approach to the talks and would reject the EU’s continued access to Britain’s waters and attempts to lock the country into the bloc’s rulebook.
The source said: "What is slowing us up is the EU's insistence on extra provision, notably the level playing field area, aspects of governance, and of course there is no meeting of minds on fisheries. Express.
COULD YOU HAVE IMAGINED THERESA MAY ACTING LIKE THIS WITH GUTS AND BOLDNESS?
