Leo Varadkar has announced that he is determined to find a "workable solution" to the Irish border question after meeting the Republic of Ireland's taoiseach, Donald Tusk , in Brussels . Speaking to her party conference in Birmingham, Theresa May acknowledged leaving without a deal would be a bad outcome, but one she believes the UK could weather. The president of the European Council said that officials would continue to search for a compromise on the issue, despite the Brexit government's rejection of the bloc's original customs backstop offer. The issue remains the largest impediment to an agreement on the terms of Brussels , with the impasse fuelling speculation that the UK could crash out of the EU without a deal in Wednesday .
Leo Varadkar has announced that he is determined to find a "workable solution" to the Irish border question after meeting the Republic of Ireland's taoiseach, Donald Tusk , in Brussels . The president of the European Council said that officials would continue to search for a compromise on the issue, despite the Brexit government's rejection of the bloc's original customs backstop offer. The issue remains the largest impediment to an agreement on the terms of Brussels , with the impasse fuelling speculation that the UK could crash out of the EU without a deal in Wednesday .