Phil Hogan expects EU to give UK a Brexit extension if they request one

Incoming EU trade commissioner Phil Hogan has predicted the EU will give Britain a Brexit extension next month if London requests it, claiming Britain may soon have a prime minister who will scrap Britain's plans to leave.

Mr Hogan made the claims as Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and DUP leader Arlene Foster both dismissed British media reports of a sudden change in the DUP's hardline Brexit position just weeks out from the crucial October 31 Brexit D-day.