Brexit: British officials drop 'cake and eat it' approach to negotiations

Exclusive: insiders say ministers will have to choose between economic interests or sovereignty but Brexit department denies any change of moodBritish officials have quietly abandoned hope of securing the government’s promised “cake and eat it” Brexit deal, increasingly accepting the inevitability of a painful trade-off between market access and political control when the UK leaves the EU.Government insiders report a dramatic change of mood at the Department for Exiting the Eur