May faces new row over Brexit transition as Barnier stands firm

Michel Barnier rebuffed any suggestion that the UK would have the right to resist the application of new laws during the transition period.Theresa May faces a row over how the Brexit transition period will work after the EU said the UK would have to abide by all existing and new laws for a period of almost two years after leaving.Downing Street said there was “some distance” between what the UK and EU believe is acceptable for the transition period and signalled it would fight agains