Latest: Theresa May's border plan could be 'tweaked', admits UK Minister

Latest: Theresa May's plan to maintain a soft Irish border after Brexit could be changed to accommodate European Union concerns, her deputy said, amid signals that Brussels could reject it.

Update 6.52pm: Theresa May's plan to maintain a soft Irish border after Brexit could be changed to accommodate European Union concerns, her deputy said, amid signals that Brussels could reject it.

Cabinet Office minister David Lidington, the British Prime Minister's de facto number two, said her high-profile Friday speech was an "ambitious opening bid" for negotiations on trade.