Clause to block UK reneging on border expected to be agreed by EU leaders

A clause to prevent Britain reneging on its Brexit promise of no fresh border in the North is expected to be agreed by EU leaders.

Leo Varadkar will meet his counterparts in Brussels today at a summit where EU banking, migration concerns, security matters and Brexit among issues will be discussed over two days.

But Ireland’s concerns and recently secured backstop on preventing a border will be front and centre of the summit, where leaders are set to agree to move onto phase two of the Brexit talks on a future trade deal between Britain and the EU as well as the transition period.