Senior EU leaders cast doubt on UK's Brexit backstop plan – as it happened

Michel Barnier joined by Guy Verhofstadt in questioning plan unveiled on Thursday. Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happenGovernment Brexit backstop plan - Snap summary and analysisBarnier raises doubts about UK Brexit backstop planAfternoon summary 5.53pm BST5.42pm BST It was rather overshadowed by everything else, but Sir Vince Cable, the Lib Dem leader, gave a speech this morning containing a plan to reform public sector outsourcing. Here are his key proposal