The Department for Exiting the European Union confirmed UK officials will stop attending meetings from September 1, as the deadline to leave the EU looms. Around 800 meetings were due to take place, but Brexit Secretary Steve Barclay said British Officials will now only go to the meetings that 'really matter.' It comes after Donald Tusk (right) and other EU officials have rejected Boris Johnson's (left) new plea to ditch the Irish backstop just hours after he wrote to the European Council president. The Prime Minister last night told the EU that the backstop is 'simply unviable' and should be replaced with a new legal commitment to avoid the return of a hard border. But Mr Tusk said today anyone opposing the backstop without a 'realistic' plan was actually 'supporting the reestablishment of a border' because there was currently no alternative (inset). Original Article:
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