EU to make Northern Ireland concessions but says patience is ‘wearing thin’

Brussels points to UK's repeated failure to live up to its obligations but will offer concessions in effort to find solution

Brussels is preparing to make concessions over Northern Ireland but has warned Lord Frost ahead of a key meeting that the EU's patience is wearing thin" over the UK government's repeated failure to fulfil its obligations.

In response to claims from the Brexit minister in recent weeks that the bloc had been insufficiently flexible, EU officials pointed to a series of decisions by Downing Street that had eroded trust while signalling that it was prepared to bend on some issues.