Stormy cabinet meeting increases pressure on May over backstop

Theresa May was told she had to ensure that any backstop arrangements to avoid a hard border on the island of Ireland were not indefinite.Theresa May has presided over a stormy meeting of her cabinet at which several ministers insisted she negotiate with the EU a time limit to any Brexit backstop, intensifying the pressure on her to obtain a divorce deal she can sell to her own party.No 10 sources conceded that the discussion, which came a day before the prime minister was due to plead for suppo