Cabinet ministers are gathering in Downing Street to hear about Theresa May's latest attempts to find a Brexit deal.

The main sticking point is how to guarantee no new checks on goods at the Irish border.

Mrs May needs to unite her cabinet behind her position before trying to reach agreement with the EU.

The EU's chief negotiator said there had not yet been enough progress to call a special summit.

But there needs to be time for the UK and EU Parliaments to ratify whatever is agreed before the UK leaves in March.

The withdrawal deal is said to be 95% complete.

But the tricky bit is proving to be how to honour the commitment by both sides to guarantee no new hard border in Ireland.

There is disagreement on whether this "backstop" should apply to Northern Ireland, or the whole of the UK - and on whether it should be time-limited or revoked by the UK.

It is an issue because after Brexit it will become the UK's land border with the rest of the EU, which has a single market and customs union so products do not need to be checked when they pass between member states.

And there have been warnings that a hard border would undermine the peace process in Northern Ireland.

Environment Secretary and Brexiteer Michael Gove said he was "sure the prime minister will be making progress" as he set off for the cabinet meeting.