Alternative Arrangements Working Group: what are the latest Brexit backstop ideas?

Government to flesh out details of ‘Malthouse compromise’ in attempt to secure different Irish border deal

Brexit posters at the border crossing between Northern Ireland and the Republic
Brexit posters at the border crossing between Northern Ireland and the Republic
(Image credit: Photo credit: PAUL FAITH/AFP/Getty Images))

A new group of Leave and Remain Conservative MPs is meeting for the first time today in a last-ditch bid to thrash out a new Irish backstop compromise ahead of Brexit.

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