UK PM May's ministers need more time on Brexit backstop mechanism: spokesman
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Britain needs more time to consider possible mechanisms to ensure it cannot be bound to the European Union by a backstop to prevent a hard border on the island of Ireland, Prime Minister Theresa May’s spokesman said on Tuesday.