Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay took details of "Plan C", drawn up by Brexiteers and Remainers, to talks with his counterpart in Brussels. But the call for "alternative arrangements" to a backstop preventing a hard Irish border was sidelined in favour of legal assurances. Mr Barclay and Attorney- General Geoffrey Cox will return to Brussels tomorrow to present EU officials with a "legal way forward". After a "positive" two-hour meeting with Brussels negotiator Michel Barnier, Mr Barclay said the Government now wants a document that sets out the temporary nature of the backstop.
He said: "The Attorney- General shared his thinking in terms of the legal way forward and how we address the central issue of concern in terms of the indefinite nature of the backstop."
Tory Brexiteer Sir John Redwood said it was not possible to "gloss" the divorce deal.
"It needs significant changes, I'm not
