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Work to bridge gap with EU begins next week: UK negotiator

British PM Johnson's Europe adviser Frost leaves the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's chief negotiator in trade talks with the EU said he would begin as soon as he could next week on the intensive work ordered by Prime Minister Boris Johnson to try to bridge the "significant gaps" that remain between the two sides.

"That work begins as soon as we can next week," said UK chief negotiator David Frost on twitter on Saturday.

(Reporting by Sarah Young; Editing by Giles Elgood)