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David Lidington says Theresa May, Stephen Barclay have secured legally binding changes that "strengthen & improve" the Withdrawal Agreement
Lidington says HMG will lay 2 new documents tonight:
joint legally-binding instrument
joint statement to add to the political declaration
Lidington says HMG will lay 2 new documents tonight:
joint legally-binding instrument
joint statement to add to the political declaration
Lidington says that talks are ongoing in Strasbourg but he made no mention of the unilateral declaration which the UK was looking for.
This was billed as being most key to Cox changing his legal advice.
Overall, still falls way short of what ERG/DUP has been asking for.
This was billed as being most key to Cox changing his legal advice.
Overall, still falls way short of what ERG/DUP has been asking for.
In summary, it's going to require an almighty ERG climbdown (and the rest) for the the deal to pass tomorrow, assuming further talks don't create a major new revision.
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