British government and DUP will ‘sort out’ Irish border dispute, UK Chancellor claims

Philip Hammond says he would rather extend the Brexit implementation period than use a backstop.

British government and DUP will ‘sort out’ Irish border dispute, UK Chancellor claims

The British government is considering providing extra border backstop assurances to the DUP, the UK Chancellor has said.

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