Negotiators in Brussels were racing to settle the terms of a revised Brexit deal on Wednesday, as Boris Johnson battled to win support from Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist party and hardline Eurosceptic Conservative MPs.
By early evening EU and UK negotiators in Brussels had managed to resolve their differences on a host of issues related to the Irish border after Brexit, including customs rules, said people familiar with the talks.
But the British prime minister was still seeking backing from his parliamentary allies in the DUP for a deal that would see a customs and regulatory border introduced between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK.