The PM's cabinet approved a 2020 budget draft that raises spending on pensions, public salaries, roads and railways

The measures would come in a bid to slash greenhouse gas emission 

UK Prime Minister ducks out of planned press conference with Prime Minister Bettel

Public disagreements between senior regulators are rare

Regulators are stepping up contingency plans to limit disruption in case of no-deal Brexit

Stimulus package announced last week was opposed by governors representing more than half the population and economic output of the euro region

Johnson writes in Daily Telegraph column that a deal can still be reached at EU summit on 17 October

Hearings at Luxembourg-based European Court of Justice start this week but ruling could be months away

Migrants on board Ocean Viking ship able to disembark in Italy because other EU countries had reached ad-hoc agreement

UK premier to tell Juncker in Luxembourg meeting he'll reject any extension to the deadline if one is offered by the EU's other leaders