The European Union is playing a "game" over demands for a Brexit divorce bill and should reach a "speedy" compromise the issue, Denmark's finance minister has said.

Kristian Jensen said the negotiations were "not rocket science" as he called on both sides to reach a compromise.

It comes after The Telegraph revealed Theresa May has decided to commit billions of pounds on preparing Britain to leave the European Union without a deal in a bid to save her premiership.

Mr Jensen's intervention comes just weeks after a meeting in Copenhagen with David Davis, Britain's Brexit Secretary.

In an interview with The Guardian, he said: “In any political negotiations, there is not enough time, not enough money, not enough this, not enough that.

"This is part of the game. Because what we are dealing with here is not rocket science. We are not speaking about putting a man on Mars or solving the problem of CO2 emissions.