As talks with EU leaders on the UK's Brexit proposals continue this week, Professor Abhinay Muthoo from the Department of Economics has commented on the likelihood of a deal being struck at the eleventh hour.

Professor Muthoo said: “While this sounds incredible considering the state of the negotiations at this moment, there is a reasonable chance that the Brexit impasse will be broken in the run up to the EU summit next week, and a deal is struck."

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Professor Abhinay Muthoo from the department of Economics at the University of Warwick, the Dean of Warwick in London and Co-Director of the Warwick Policy Lab comments on Brexit. As Brexit backstop talks resume, can May secure the changes she wants with time running out?