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The ball is in the EU's court if it wants to conclude a post-Brexit trade deal with the UK before the end of the year, Michael Gove has said.
Talks between the two sides have broken down amid disagreements over fishing access and competition issues.
The Cabinet Office minister said the EU's behaviour suggested it was not "serious" about an agreement although he hoped one was still possible.
It comes as business said a deal was vital to help the post-Covid recovery.
The CBI and other trade bodies urged the government to focus on bridging its differences with the EU, warning that uncertainty about the UK's future trading relationship with its largest market was "chipping away at business resilience" at a time when many firms were being battered by coronavirus.
Downing Street said on Friday that official negotiations with the EU on their future economic partnership were "over" and the UK should "get ready" to trade with the EU from 1 January without a specific agreement.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the UK should be prepared for a much more limited relationship, based on the EU's existing arrangements with Australia.
However, this would see tariffs applied on goods crossing the channel once the UK leaves the EU's single market at the end of the year, pushing up the cost of imports and exports.
The EU's chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, was due in London for talks with his counterpart, David Frost, on Monday but the UK said this would be pointless without a fundamental change in direction from the bloc.
Mr Gove told Sky News' Sophy Ridge show he expected the two men to speak on the phone in the coming days and the EU needed to show it was willing to "move ground".
"The ball is in his court," he said.
"What we have seen is the EU side have not been willing to produce the detailed legal text, they have not be willing to intensify the talks in a way that they are actually serious about reaching an agreement.
"At the same time they have insisted we accept a level of control over our autonomy that an independent country can't really accept and that they should have exactly the same access to our fishing waters."
Mr Gove said the UK was preparing for a range of outcomes and an "Australian-style departure" would be manageable, suggesting firms would be better placed outside the EU to take advantage of other trade agreements with countries such as Japan.
He added: "I want a deal (with the EU) but it takes both sides to compromise in order for there to be one. The EU is not doing so at the moment.
"And if the choice is between accepting a deal in which our hands are tied and leaving and being clear we are honouring the mandate that the British public gave us to take back control, we have to take back control."
The EU has said it is prepared to "intensify" the talks but it won't agree a deal at "any price".
Businesses have warned that a failure to reach a deal will accentuate the damage done by the Covid pandemic. Trade bodies representing 190,000 firms have written to Mr Gove urging him to reach an agreement.
"With each day that passes, business resilience is chipped away," the CBI and other groups said. "A swift deal is the single most effective way to support recovery in communities across Europe,"
"After four years of debate, there must be a resolution. 2021 can then be a year to rebuild, rather than regret."
Michael Gove has accused Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham of "posturing" and "political positioning" in refusing to accept strict new COVID-19 rules.
The government is currently at a stand-off with Mr Burnham over whether his region should be moved into the highest alert level of the new three-tier system for local coronavirus lockdowns.
Before agreeing to tougher Tier 3 restrictions, Mr Burnham has called for greater financial help for firms that would be affected by the move, which would see bars and pubs closed - and likely a number of other businesses.
Amid an increasingly bitter political row, Mr Gove, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, risked further inflaming tensions between ministers and the Greater Manchester mayor.
Asked if the government would impose Tier 3 restrictions on Greater Manchester even without an agreement, Mr Gove told Sky News' Sophy Ridge On Sunday programme: "I want to reach an agreement with the political leadership in Greater Manchester.
"I want them to put aside, for a moment, some of the political positioning that they've indulged in. And I want them to work with us in order to ensure that we save lives and protect the NHS.
"An absence of action will mean more people will get infected, and as more people get infected that will place more pressure on the NHS.
"And the more people, sadly, in intensive care beds in the North West and in Manchester who are suffering from coronavirus, the fewer intensive care beds are there for people with other serious conditions.
"All of this is happening as we move closer to the winter and instead of press conferences and posturing, what we need is action to save people's lives."
Mr Burnam, a former Labour MP, later hit back at Mr Gove and refuted the suggestion he is "playing politics", as he pointed to the fact Greater Manchester was the first part of the country to accept localised COVID-19 restrictions at the end of July.
The mayor revealed he was due to hold a call with Sir Edward Lister, the prime minister's chief strategic adviser, on Sunday afternoon.
And he accused Boris Johnson of having exaggerated the severity of COVID-19 infections in Greater Manchester.
"It's a serious situation but I don't think it was the situation that was described by the prime minister on Friday evening," he told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show.
"I think it was an exaggeration of the position that we're in.
"Of course it's a matter of concern, and we watch the figures very closely indeed, but the figures have been falling in Manchester itself in the last few days, across Greater Manchester up slightly but certainly not doubling every nine days.
"So let's be careful here. I would certainly say this morning let's step back a bit from a war of words."
Mr Burnham has not ruled out a legal challenge against the government if Tier 3 restrictions are imposed without greater financial help for businsses.
"Anywhere could end up in Tier 3 this winter, in fact I would say places are likely to end up in Tier 3 this winter," he added.
"Therefore it's everyone's concern that we protect the lowest-paid in our communities and the self-employed who are left with nothing on the government's current deal."
The Greater Manchester mayor also criticised a letter from 20 Conservative MPs, who have called on him to work with the government's regional approach to COVID-19 restrictions in the hope of avoiding another national lockdown.
"I'm not sure a sort of 'we're alright Jack' letter from a group of southern Conservative MPs is going to cut much ice here," Mr Burnham said.
Kate Green, Labour's shadow education secretary, told Sky News' Sophy Ridge that Greater Manchester should go into Tier 3 restrictions, but said her party's preference would be for a national "circuit breaker" lockdown.
"That will be more effective, more quickly, than this constant patchwork of checking in and then never being able to check out of local restrictions that people don't understand and where already we can see they are not proving effective," she said.
Michael Gove has accused Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham of "posturing" and "political positioning" in refusing to accept strict new COVID-19 rules.
The government is currently in a stand-off with Mr Burnham over whether his region should be moved into the highest alert level of the new three-tier system for local coronavirus lockdowns.
Before agreeing to tougher Tier 3 restrictions, Mr Burnham has called for greater financial help for firms that would be affected by the move, which would see bars and pubs closed - and likely a number of other businesses.
Amid an increasingly bitter political row, Mr Gove, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, risked further inflaming tensions between ministers and the Greater Manchester mayor.
Asked if ministers would impose Tier 3 restrictions on Greater Manchester even without an agreement, he told Sky News' Sophy Ridge On Sunday programme: "I want to reach an agreement with the political leadership in Greater Manchester.
"I want them to put aside, for a moment, some of the political positioning that they've indulged in.
"And I want them to work with us in order to ensure that we save lives and protect the NHS.
"An absence of action will mean more people will get infected, and as more people get infected that will place more pressure on the NHS.
"And the more people, sadly, in intensive care beds in the North West and in Manchester who are suffering from coronavirus, the fewer intensive care beds are there for people with other serious conditions.
"All of this is happening as we move closer to the winter and instead of press conferences and posturing, what we need is action to save people's lives."
A convicted murderer who helped thwart an attack on London Bridge will be considered for parole 10 months early.
Steven Gallant, 42, was jailed for 17 years in 2005 for the murder of ex-firefighter Barrie Jackson in Hull.
He was on day release attending a prisoner rehabilitation event when he confronted Usman Khan with a narwhal tusk after the 28-year-old began stabbing people in November 2019.
Gallant's Parole Board will decide whether he can be released early.
A Ministry of Justice spokesperson said: "The lord chancellor has granted Steven Gallant a Royal Prerogative of Mercy reducing his minimum tariff by 10 months in recognition of his exceptionally brave actions at Fishmongers' Hall, which helped save people's lives despite the tremendous risk to his own."
Khan, who killed Saskia Jones and Jack Merritt, was later shot dead by police.
Mr Merritt's father David told the Daily Mirror: "Steve fully deserves this pardon, or reduction in sentence.
"It is fantastic. He was very close to Jack and he turned his life around and reformed. I am really pleased for him."
Gallant was one of two men convicted of the murder of Jackson, 33.
During the trial, Hull Crown Court heard the attack was carried out because Gallant wrongly believed Mr Jackson had attacked his girlfriend.
Mr Jackson's student son Jack, 21, told the Mirror: "In my mind, Gallant has nearly done his time and if someone has undergone rehabilitation and change, which it seems he has, then it's fair enough."
Gallant was one of three people who were filmed restraining Khan on the bridge during the attack.
He said earlier this year that he "did not hesitate" to intervene.
A convicted murderer who helped to stop the London Bridge terror attack last November will have his sentence cut after the Queen intervened.
Steven Gallant, 42, was on day release at an event for reformed prisoners in Fishmongers' Hall when Usman Khan began his attack.
Gallant, armed only with a Narwhal tusk, helped to restrain Khan, who was wearing a fake suicide vest and was armed with two knives.
Khan was shot dead by police but not before he had killed Jack Merritt, 25, and 23-year-old Saskia Jones - both part of the Learning Together scheme to help prisoners access education.
Several other people were injured.
Gallant had been out on licence after being jailed for life in 2005 with a minimum term of 17 years after being one of two men who murdered firefighter Barrie Jackson, 33, in Hull.
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said the Queen had employed the little used "Royal Prerogative of Mercy" to bring Gallant's case before the parole board 10 months early.
The monarch used the power on the advice of Lord Chancellor Robert Buckland.
An MoJ spokesman said: "The Lord Chancellor has granted Steven Gallant a Royal Prerogative of Mercy reducing his minimum tariff of 10 months in recognition of his exceptionally brave actions at Fishmongers' Hall, which helped save people's lives despite the tremendous risk to his own."
The parole board has the final decision, but it is unlikely Gallant will be denied his freedom.
It has been reported that he has expressed remorse for the murder of Mr Jackson, who was beaten to death outside a pub.
He has not faced any loss of privileges for the past 10 years, has addressed previous substance abuse, and is studying for a business degree.
Jack Merritt's father David, 55, said Gallant "fully deserves this pardon, or reduction in sentence".
He told the Sunday Mirror: "It is fantastic. He was very close to Jack and he turned his life around and reformed. I am really pleased for him."
