Brexit: Maroš Šefčovič says he hopes UK and EU ‘in home stretch’ in terms of reaching agreement on NI – live

EU's Brexit commissioner says he wants new measures to cement stability and predictability' in Northern Ireland

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Last night Katya Adler, the BBC's Europe editor, posted an interesting thread on Twitter on the row about the Northern Ireland protocol. It starts here.

And she suggests a Swiss-style compromise might offer a way forward on the European court of justice issue.