How can they leave the single market AND keep an open border in Ireland? Brussels casts doubt on May's Brexit divorce deal

Brussels claimed Theresa May had opened the door to 'soft Brexit' tonight as her divorce deal was branded a £40billion 'humiliation'. After a frantic night of negotiations, a bleary-eyed PM and Jean-Claude Juncker confirmed the 'breakthrough' had been achieved at an early morning press conference. The two sides papered over the cracks four days after the DUP torpedoed an earlier version - with Mrs May soothing the fears of her Northern Ireland allies by explicitly stating that moves to secure a soft Irish border would not threaten the UK. But Tory MPs voiced alarm that Britain's effort to solve the Irish border problem by 'aligning' with EU rules would prevent it striking trade deals with other countries.