Boris Johnson and Angela Merkel have held a joint press conference following talks at Chequers, with coronavirus travel restrictions high on the agenda.
The Prime Minister was hosting his German counterpart at his country residence for her final UK visit before stepping down as Chancellor later this year.
Meanwhile new data revealed UK cases of the Delta variant of Covid-19 have risen almost four-fold in less than a month.
Public Health England figures show a total of 161,981 confirmed and probable cases of Delta variant have now been identified in the UK - up by 50,824, or 46 per cent, on the previous week.
