Laura Kuenssberg
BBC political editor

Home Secretary Theresa May said: "EU free movement rules have been abused for too long and EU law has stopped us deporting dangerous foreign criminals.

"That is plainly wrong and it is encouraging that the Commission has agreed with the UK that we should take action to address these two issues.

"So we have made progress and negotiations continue ahead of the February Council. As the prime minister has said, more work needs to be done, but this is a basis for a deal."

It's been a while coming but we have finally reached a defining moment in the UK's renegotiations with the EU over its continued membership. Here's a recap of the day's developments

• David Cameron says a draft deal aimed at keeping Britain in the EU will deliver the "substantial change" he has been demanding but says there was "detail to be worked on" before a key summit on 18-19 February.
• The deal, published by European Council President Donald Tusk, external, allows for an "emergency brake" on migrant benefits and other commitments on sovereignty, competitivess and economic governance.
• Campaigners for an EU exit said the draft deal did not come close to the changes Mr Cameron had promised. 
• The PM is to make a statement to Parliament on Wednesday but Labour criticised him for not coming to the Commons immediately
• Read Laura Kuenssberg's analysis
• Analysis: What the PM wanted and what he got

A snap opinion poll of more than 20,000 Daily Express readers has found that 94% of them back leaving the EU. That is perhaps not particularly surprising given that the newspaper has been campaigning for "Brexit" since 2010. A spokesman said the views of the paper's readers were clear. 

The Open Europe think tank, external, which advocates reform of European Union institutions, has published its analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the draft EU deal in the four main areas of negotiation. Its conclusions are:

Former Conservative defence secretary Liam Fox says he is not overly bothered when the referendum is held but he hopes, when it is, that it will be conducted on the basis of "genuine data, not suppositions and assertions". 

The MP, who backs EU exit, says he is concerned that the UK will find itself tied to the EU as its global influence is diminishing when it should be opening itself up to opportunities elsewhere in the world.

While he understands why David Cameron wants to paint the renegotiations in a "very positive light", he says the proposals on welfare curbs and boosting national sovereignty do not add up to very much. 

That said, he says he believes they will not have much infuence on the referendum debate which he says will focus on Britain's place in the world. 

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Cutting benefits to migrants in the UK is not likely to lead to a "dramatic reduction in the numbers of people coming here" says a migration expert.

Madeleine Sumption, the director of the Oxford University Migration Observatory speaks to Edward Stourton on the World at One.

A proposal in the draft plan for a new UK EU deal would include an emergency brake on in-work benefits for EU migrants in the UK.

Laura Kuenssberg
BBC political editor

He wanted his party to stop banging on about Europe - to escape the bad tempers of Tory history.

But David Cameron like all political leaders, was trapped by his own party's past, and sought a way out, promising a renegotiation and then a public vote on our place in the EU.

But with the deal now emerging, he is perhaps trapped again?

This deal is not so awful that he could justifiably throw up his hands and walk away. One cabinet minister pondered - is Britain really going to flounce out, be the teenager that goes to their room, and slams the door and then sulks, wondering what to do?

But the deal is not so good that he can argue truthfully that he is keeping every one of his election promises.

In most walks of life it's well, rather normal, to admit that negotiations mean compromise - not so, perhaps misguidedly, in politics, where David Cameron was repeatedly reluctant today to accept he's had to budge at all.

But while the handful of Eurosceptic cabinet ministers are still under orders not to speak out, the very fact that there is now a deal in black and white, even in draft, allows the prime minister to start making his case.

Fair? Effective? In the end you'll decide. And for most voters it will be the broad contours of this campaign - not the details of this deal that make the difference.

The BBC's intrepid Brussels correspondent Ben Wright has just buttonholed European Council president Donald Tusk inside the European Council building in Brussels and asked him whether he can convince the rest of the EU to give Britain a deal. This is what he said in response. 

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The European Parliament will discuss the UK’s upcoming EU referendum in Strasbourg on Wednesday, during a debate on preparations for the crucial European Council summit on 18 and 19 February. You can follow the debate, which will start at 8.00 GMT, on the BBC's European Parliament live site. 

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Plaid Cymru is claiming that the first minister of Wales, Carwyn Jones, has been "completely undermined" by Labour politicians in London after they indicated the party would not stand in the way of an EU referendum being held in June. Mr Jones has previously stated his objections to a June poll, arguing that it will conflict with the campaign for the Welsh Assembly elections in early May. Jonathan Edwards, a Plaid Cymru MP, says. 

Crispin Blunt, the Conservative MP who heads the Foreign Affairs Committee, says if the EU referendum was held today, he would be "inclined" to vote to leave. However, he says he would like to ponder more on the potential effect on the EU of the UK leaving and whether the absence of British "practicality and compromise" would leave the EU "seriously diminished". As to David Cameron's negotiations, he says they will have have an influence on his colleagues, even though many of them have deeply-held views on the issue. 

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The government has made a number of concessions to appease critics of its plans to relax Sunday trading restrictions. Among the proposals announced by Business Secretary Sajid Javid are:

• Councils will be able to “zone” any relaxation so they will be able to prioritise struggling high streets
• Staff will have greater leeway to opt-out of Sunday working on religious grounds or for family reasons.
• Workers will be able to give just one month’s notice to large shops that they no longer want to work Sundays, as opposed to three months, and will have a new right to opt out of working additional hours

The government launched a consultation in August on proposals to hand responsibility for setting Sunday trading hours in England, Scotland and Wales to local authorities. 

Mr Javid said the changes announced on Tuesday, to be incorporated in the Enterprise Bill, would mean councils would be able to set opening hours to "meet the needs of their local businesses and communities".

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