The Government has issued a renewed warning that the UK must come up with a solution to the issue of the border between the North and the Republic if Brexit negotiations are to progress.

David Davis will travel to Paris on Monday for Brexit talks days after French President Emmanuel Macron suggested Britain would need to up its divorce payment offer to unlock trade negotiations.

Formal Brexit talks are resuming in Brussels with the Government under additional pressure from Labour's dramatic promise to keep the UK in the single market and customs union after March 2019.

Brexit Secretary David Davis is heading for a Brussels showdown, with a demand for the European Commission to be more "flexible" in negotiations on the UK's withdrawal from the EU.