UK 'will remain aligned' with Northern Irish regulations after backstop

Cabinet Office minister David Lidington tries to calm fears of Democratic Unionist party over post-Brexit regulationsDavid Lidington has sought to reassure unionists by insisting the UK will remain aligned with any regulations in place for Northern Ireland if the backstop is invoked.In Scotland on Thursday, on the latest leg of the government’s charm offensive to sell the Brexit deal, Lidington insisted regulations in the rest of the UK would not be allowed to diverge from those in Norther