May asked her lawmakers to support call for alternative to Northern Irish backstop - source

Prime Minister Theresa May has asked her lawmakers to support a proposal which calls for the Northern Irish backstop in her Brexit deal with Brussels to be replaced with alternative arrangements, a source in her office said on Monday.Many pro-Brexit lawmakers oppose the so-called "backstop", an insurance policy aimed at preventing a hard border in Ireland if no other solutions can be agreed.The source said May told a meeting of her Conservative lawmakers on Monday that they would be told to vote