The Government's leaked post-Brexit immigration plans "have poisoned the diplomatic well", the EU's chief negotiator has claimed.

Guy Verhofstadt, the European parliament's Brexit negotiator, said that the proposals to target lower-income workers after Brexit has caused the most discontent among MEPs.

Leaked documents obtained earlier this week revealed low-skilled EU migrants will only be allowed to work in the UK for two years before being sent home under Brexit plans to curb migration after 2019.