British Prime Minister Theresa May has said the UK’s transition out of the Europe Union could be extended by “a matter of months” to ensure no hard border in Northern Ireland.
May, however, disclosed that this was a new idea that had emerged in negotiations and was not expected to be used.
The UK leaves the EU in March, and the current plan is for a transition period to finish at the end of 2020.
Some Tory MPs and Brexit campaigners are angry at the idea of the UK being tied to EU rules for longer.
It comes after a summit of EU leaders in Brussels failed to make decisive progress in reaching an agreement, a setback Theresa May is overlooking.
