"Both the UK and EU are clear this implementation period must be time-limited and cannot become a permanent solution." One of the most difficult Brexit questions is how to avoid a hard border between the United Kingdom's Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. The EU set out a backup plan in a draft withdrawal agreement this week that effectively would see Northern Ireland remaining part of the EU's customs union. That could mean that Northern Ireland would have different rules from the rest of the United Kingdom, something May said on Wednesday "no UK prime minister could ever agree to". "We have been clear all along that we don't want to go back to a hard border in Northern Ireland," May said.

Source: dna March 02, 2018 16:52 UTC