Jacob Rees-Mogg has accused the European Parliament's pointman on Brexit of leading a "high handed" and "colonialist approach" to the rights of EU citizens who remain in the UK.

The Tory MP accused Guy Verhofstadt, who chairs the European Parliament’s Brexit steering group, of "condescending" the British Government.

It comes after the European Parliament threatened to veto Theresa May's offer on EU citizens' rights, branding it a "damp squib" which risks creating a "second class of citizenship."