“With many people’s finances already strained by the economic impact of coronavirus, households can ill-afford a significant rise in food prices."
The agreement to carry on talking came despite pessimistic briefings from both sides of the negotiations in the run-up to the deadline set for Sunday on the future of the process.
“I say no-deal is a disastrous outcome for the country, it is not a wonderful outcome and it is a disgrace, frankly, that Boris Johnson said it.”
“The Chancellor needs to come out of hiding and explain to the British public how he will protect British trade.”
Deputy chair of the British Medical Association (BMA) Dr David Wrigley raised concerns that some medicines with short shelf lives such as insulin cannot be stockpiled.
The Prime Minister and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen have both warned that a no-deal outcome looks more likely than an agreement.
"Covid is horrendous – but it is temporary, Brexit is not."
"There is something infinitely depressing in the picture of a British cabinet avoiding the eyes of history even as they make it. Shame on the whole damn lot."
One bank moved around 200 billion euros (£184 billion) of assets from London to Frankfurt.