- Downing Street has published the details of a “backstop” proposal to avoid a hard Irish border after Brexit.
- The “backstop” is an emergency measure which would ensure no hard border emerges between Northern Ireland and Ireland.
- Brexit secretary David Davis had two long meetings with the prime minister this morning after allies made it clear he was threatening to resign over plans to allow the backstop to be unlimited.
LONDON — Theresa May has agreed to keep Britain tied to EU customs rules for a “time limited” period after Brexit, following threats by her Brexit Secretary David Davis to resign.
The government on Thursday published detailed plans for a so-called “temporary customs arrangement” with the EU. It would temporarily align the UK with the EU customs union when the Brexit transition period ends in December 2020, taking effect if both sides failed to reach a customs agreement before then.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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