Ireland : British Prime Minister Theresa May’s special Brexit sub-committee meets again today, as discussions over how to resolve the deadlock on the customs union continue.
Members of two ministerial working groups spent yesterday discussing possible tweaks to the “customs partnership” and “maximum facilitation” plans that have divided the Cabinet.
The EU is pressing for “substantive progress” from Britain on the future of the border in Ireland in time for a crunch European Council summit just six weeks away.
But the meeting of the Brexit sub-committee is thought unlikely to unite behind a solution today.
Tory Jacob Rees-Mogg, who leads the European Research Group of Conservative Brexiteers, warned the prime minister she must show more “firmness and tenacity”.
