Theresa May rejects offer of 2 more weeks of Brexit talks despite calling for negotiations to accelerate

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• Exclusive: The UK government has turned down two weeks worth of Brexit negotiating time, despite calling for talks to accelerate.
• Theresa May said last week that she wants talks to increase in "pace and intensity" after the UK and EU failed to make significant progress in talks at last weeks European Council summit.
• However, talks will not start again until Monday, July 16 because the UK is "not available" until then, a senior EU source has told Business Insider.
• May's government will instead spend today at May official retreat in Chequers negotiating with each other on Brexit.
• Labour described the government's decision not to spend this week and next in Brexit talks with the EU as "deeply disturbing."

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LONDON — Theresa May's government turned down requests by the EU to resume Brexit negotiations both this week and next, despite publicly calling for negotiations to accelerate, a senior EU source has told Business Insider.

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