As it happened: Cabinet agrees Brexit plan after Chequers talks

Summary

Agreement includes proposal for UK-EU free trade area for goods
The government will look for a different arrangement for services
Freedom of movement will come to an end under proposals
Michel Barnier says EU will now discuss whether plans are "realistic"

Live Reporting

Hamish Mackay

The 'Chequers statement'published at 21:32 British Summer Time 6 July 2018
BBC political correspondent Chris Mason has tweeted pictures of the document itself, with key sections highlighted.
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'The deal is done'published at 21:31 British Summer Time 6 July 2018
Laura Kuenssberg
BBC political editor
The deal is done. Or at least the deal that allows this fraught and complicated process to move to the next stage.
Downing Street is claiming tonight that by agreeing the Chequers Statement, that the UK now has a new offer to put to the EU: an evolved and credible set of proposals to put to the rest of the continent.
It is not the clean break that many Brexiteers had argued for.
It envisages an end to unlimited EU immigration yes, but sketches out a very close relationship with regard to EU law for much of the economy, and a complicated, but shared approach to customs where the UK and the rest of the continent will work closely together.
Read the rest of Laura's blog here.
Some Brexiteers are crosspublished at 21:31 British Summer Time 6 July 2018
The "softest form of Brexit" according to Westminster blogger Guido Fawkes
'Brexit victory' for Maypublished at 21:26 British Summer Time 6 July 2018
The Times says the prime minister has claimed "Brexit victory" - and adds that Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson "will be sacked" if he rebels again.
The front page of the Financial Times adds that Mrs May has won backing for a "soft Brexit".
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Will EU negotiators like the proposals?published at 21:20 British Summer Time 6 July 2018
There's no news yet on what EU negotiators like Michel Barnier (pictured) will think of the proposed deal, but the prime minister said she has been talking to European leaders “over the last week or so”.
She believes the proposals will be “good for the UK and good for the EU”.
Mrs May added she looked forward to the plan being “received positively” by the EU.
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The '12 key principles' behind the planpublished at 21:16 British Summer Time 6 July 2018
Downing Street has tweeted a video of what it says are the "key principles" behind the new proposals.
They include an end to the free movement of people and an end to sending "vast amounts of money" to the EU.
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Proposals ‘likely to anger’ Brexiteerspublished at 21:13 British Summer Time 6 July 2018
Laura Kuenssberg
BBC political editor
The document is likely to anger many Tory Brexiteers, and will be pored over in the coming days.
The government is publishing the agreement as an official document - but it is not yet clear how many objections were raised.
Number 10 will hope that this new commitment will unlock the next phase of talks with the rest of the EU.
The final political agreement is due in mid October.
‘Important step’ for UKpublished at 21:12 British Summer Time 6 July 2018
Mrs May said this was an "important step" in the process of negotiating the UK's smooth exit from the EU.
"Of course we still have work to do with the EU in ensuring that we get to that end point in October," she said.
"But this is good we have come today, following our detailed discussions, to a positive future for the UK.
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Welcomepublished at 21:10 British Summer Time 6 July 2018
Good evening and welcome to the BBC’s live page as Prime Minister Theresa May announces her cabinet has agreed a “collective position for the future of our negotiations with the EU".
Here are the main points:
- The UK will call for a UK-EU free trade area with a “common rule book” for industrial goods and agricultural products
- However, the UK will ask for a different deal for services
- The common rule book for freedom of movement as it stands will come to an end under the plan
- The plan proposes that that UK would be able to control its own tariffs and develop an independent trade policy