May's cabinet team need more time for mechanisms to prevent 'hard border' on Ireland

Ministers in Prime Minister Theresa May's cabinet team need more time to consider possible mechanisms to ensure Britain cannot be bound to the European Union by a backstop to prevent a hard border on the island of Ireland, her spokesman said on Tuesday.

The spokesman told reporters that the cabinet meeting discussed options for such a mechanism that would make sure that Britain would not be kept in a backstop arrangement indefinitely, but that more work was necessary.