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 is 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 wou
and again, that would mark a significant shift. i know this may seem hard to believe, but getting a deal with the eu could be the easier of the prime minister s tasks. more importantly he has to win over northern ireland s biggest unionist party, the dup. they are warning a bad deal will deepen divisions and if they don t like the detail of what rishi sunak has negotiated then they won t rejoin a power sharing government in northern ireland. and some of the prime minister s colleagues here at westminster are telling me that could make all his talks with the eu futile. this government minister and prominent brexiteer seemed on board for a deal. reporter: do others in your party support him as well? but the prime minister can t count on the support of some other long standing eurosceptics. we re not stupid. what we want is a situation where eu law is expunged from northern ireland so it is treated on the same basis as england, scotland and wales. the government is keeping us