British PM May briefs inner Cabinet that Brexit deal is close - FT

Cabinet ministers briefed on the Brexit talks said the issue of the Irish backstop was close to being settled, the FT said.The FT said two Eurosceptic Cabinet ministers, Andrea Leadsom, leader of the Commons, and Esther McVey, work and pensions secretary, are opposed to the plan and could potentially quit."They are going to talk a lot over the weekend and consider what they will live with and what they will walk over," the FT quoted one official close to Eurosceptic Cabinet ministers as saying o