‘No progress’ on EU powers talks

A breakthrough in the constitutional stand-off between Holyrood and Westminster over Brexit looks increasingly unlikely after it emerged “no progress” has been made as time runs out.

No meetings are planned between ministers in Edin- burgh and Whitehall to resolve the impasse over powers returning from the EU after Brexit amid claims of a “power grab”.

The Scottish Government last month rejected UK ministers’ proposals to amend the European Union Withdrawal Bill amid SNP concerns that it will mean 24 powers in are- as such as farming and fishing are appropriated by Westminster. The Welsh government has accepted the deal.

Crunch talks in London last week failed to find a breakthrough. And a spokesman for Nicola Sturgeon said there has been “no significant progress” since then. “Time is very short,” the spokesman said.