to the pages of the usually conservative supporting newsreaders to reassure sceptics in his own ranks that any deal won t be a sell out. in an interview with the sunday times, he says: but in the sun on sunday, he seems to suggest his oven ready deal still requires a few more ingredients. as for that progress, it s understood that any deal would make it much easier and less bureaucratic to move goods from great britain to northern ireland, and there d be a less rigid application of eu law on vat rates and subsidies to industry. the irish prime ministerfelt that things were moving in the right direction. certainly, a deal isn t done yet but i do think we are edging towards conclusion and i really want to thank the uk government, the european commission and the northern ireland parties for the level of engagement that they ve done in recent months to get
goods from great britain to northern ireland and there would be a less rigid application of eu law on vat rates and subsidies to industry. the irish prime ministerfelt that things were moving in the right direction. certainly, a deal isn t done yet but i do think that we are inching towards a conclusion and i really want to thank the uk government and the european commission and the northern ireland parties for the level of engagement that they have done in recent months to get us to this point. we would just encourage everyone to go the extra mile. this weekend the prime minister says he is giving it everything he s got to achieve a deal, but it might be easier to reach an agreement with the eu than northern ireland s dup, so the political risks for the prime minister remain high. let s look at some other stories in brief. tens of thousands of people have held demonstrations across israel against planned legal reforms. the prime minister benjamin netanyahu insists his government is ca
sunday times, he says. but in the sun on sunday, he seems to suggest that his oven ready deal still requires a few more ingredients. as for that progress, it s understood that any deal would make it much easier and less bureaucratic to move goods from great britain to northern ireland and there would be a less rigid application of eu law on vat rates and subsidies to industry. the irish prime ministerfelt that things were moving in the right direction. certainly, a deal isn t done yet but i do think that we are inching towards a conclusion and i really want to thank the uk government and the european commission and the northern ireland parties for the level of engagement that they have done in recent months to get us to this point. we would just encourage everyone to go the extra mile. this weekend the prime minister says he is giving it everything
earlier the deputy prime minister, dominic raab, began to outline what might be in the deal including the right for politicians in northern ireland to have a say over any new eu rules that affect them. with more here s our political correspondent, iain watson. what better way to flag that an agreement with the eu is coming closer? the eu commission president, ursula von der leyen, will meet the prime minister tomorrow in london for the talks that could seal a deal. there is no deal done until the whole deal s done. but i think we ve made progress. and what s emerging is exactly what the deal could involve. post brexit, to keep an open border on the island of ireland, some eu rules continue to apply in northern ireland, and goods coming from great britain are subject to checks. this is what unionists call a border in the irish sea. under the proposed deal it s likely goods travelling from great britain to northern ireland and remaining there would no longer be subject to checks. these w
to a growing gulf within his own party, with some mps wanting the entire brexit agreement in northern ireland upended, and unless the democratic unionist party approve the deal, they won t agree to rejoin a power sharing government at stormont. so, the prime minister has taken to the pages of usually conservative supporting newspapers to reassure sceptics in his own ranks that any deal won t be a sell out. in an interview with tomorrow s sunday times, he says. but in the sun on sunday, he seems to suggest that his oven ready deal still requires a few more ingredients. as for that progress, it s understood that any deal would make it much easier and less bureaucratic to move goods from great britain to northern ireland and there would be a less rigid application of eu law