Varadkar: UK will face 'losses' when it leaves EU

Latest: Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has warned that Britain will face "losses" when it exits the European Union as an historic deal was agreed for Brexit

Update 3.32pm: Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has warned that Britain will face "losses" when it exits the European Union as an historic deal was agreed for Brexit, writes Political Correspondant Juno McEnroe in Brussels.

EU leaders meeting in Brussels today agreed guidelines for phase II of Britain's exit, including a special clause which prevents Britain backsliding on a deal for a frictionless border in the North.