There are talks on many fronts today: ministers are meeting unions to discuss pay disputes, and the EU's Brexit negotiator is having lunch with the Foreign Secretary. Conservative MP and Chair of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, Simon Hoare joins Bloomberg's Yuan Potts and Stephen Carroll to discuss the government's position in these negotiations. Plus: our Brexit-watchers Ellen Milligan and Alberto Nardelli bring us the latest on the UK-EU talks, and the prospects for a deal, as relations improve.