Jean-Claude Juncker warns Theresa May there is 'no room' for Brexit negotiation

Harriet Line, David Wilcock and Shaun Connolly, Press Association

Theresa May has been dealt a heavy blow in her bid to secure new reassurances from fellow EU leaders over her Brexit deal, as the European Commission president declared there was "no room whatsoever for renegotiation".

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