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In their letter to Theresa May, the 13 Scottish Tory MPs have made clear they could not support the draft deal without more assurances about the future of fishing in the country.

They say the prime minister had made statements that "raised expectations in the fishing industry that Brexit will lead to complete control and full sovereignty over domestic waters".

And, as a result, they "could not support an agreement with the EU that would prevent the UK from independently negotiating access and quota shares".

The acting leader of the Scottish Conservatives, Jackson Carlaw, also voiced concerns that fishing rights might be traded with the EU in return for other concessions.

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There is a lot of attention today on Arlene Foster after it emerged she was coming to London to discuss the situation surrounding Brexit.

Will the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, on whom Theresa May relies for her Commons majority, be meeting the prime minister?

She has just left the Institute of Economic Affairs in Westminster.

However, she declined to answer any questions from reporters as she left the building and got into a taxi.

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German Justice Minister Katharina Barley has criticised British Brexiteers for their opposition to the draft agreement between the UK and EU.

The politician - who is half-British - said: "There is hope for an orderly Brexit. It would be good for Britons and for European cohesion.

But she added: "Even before they see the agreement, the Brexiteers are vilifying it. They still don't understand."

Pro-Brexit Labour MP Kate Hoey says Leave-backing ministers should quit if they do not think it is the right deal.

"Those people who believe in Leave, if they've seen the deal and they don't think it's the right deal, then they should be resigning," she says.

"But I don't know what they'll do."

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In Dublin, the Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar told parliament that EU leaders could get together in as little as 10 days to sign off on the deal.

"Obviously, a lot of things can go wrong today and over the next couple of days.

"But, should the UK cabinet be in a position this afternoon to say that it’s content with the text, it is proposed that the Commission task force would be in a position, perhaps tonight, to publish the text - with the possibility, or probability, of an EU Council meeting around 25 November."

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Labour is unlikely to vote for the draft withdrawal agreement, Shadow Security Minister Nick Thomas-Symonds has said.

He told BBC Radio 4's World at One: “We are not optimistic about it, firstly because of what’s been leaking out and secondly because of the government’s shambolic record on negotiations over the last couple of years.”

However he added he was "not ruling anything" out on a deal he hadn't seen.

“We are looking to see whether the government could actually negotiate a permanent customs union," he said.

"That doesn’t seem to be case here. It seems to be some sort of temporary arrangement in the backstop.”

The majority of the public want the UK to remain in a Customs Union so there are no checks on goods at UK/EU borders, according to Kantar Public.

Of the 1,147 people asked last week, 55% said they wanted the union - up by 7% from last month.

The research firm's monthly "Brexit Barometer" also suggests 64% of the public want British companies to have tariff-free access to the EU markets and 54% want European companies to have the same tariff-free access to UK markets, including services.

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The "extreme" options of a hard Brexit or a second referendum would lead to "something akin to a civil war", Justice Minister Rory Stewart has warned.

He told BBC Radio 4's The World at One that the draft withdrawal agreement was a "really good deal" because it allowed access to the single market on industrial goods as well as giving the UK control over immigration.

"We need a pragmatic deal which addresses the concerns of people who voted for Brexit while protecting our economy and that's what we have got," he said.

He added that holding another referendum would be "politically toxic" and have a "catastrophic" impact on the country.

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Home Affairs Correspondent

Watch this clip of Policing Minister Nick Hurd briefing MPs this morning on the Home Affairs Committee about the risks a no deal Brexit could pose to getting justice for some victims.

The UK relies on the European Arrest Warrant to bring some criminals to justice in the UK - but if the UK leaves without a deal, there is no guarantee that all criminals will face justice because some countries have legal checks on sending their citizens to face trial outside the EU.

That could mean British police having to lobby those countries to prosecute on our behalf - meaning victims and witnesses would have to decamp to Europe to see justice done. This is why so many police chiefs are so worried about the implications of a no deal scenario.

As the UK government goes into No10 for its three hour mammoth cabinet meeting, the same is happening in Brussels.

Cabinet ministers have started arriving at Downing Street for the Brexit meeting.

Chief Whip Julian Smith, International Development Secretary Penny Mordaunt, Environment Secretary Michael Gove and Housing Secretary James Brokenshire have all walked into Number 10.

Party Chairman Brandon Lewis has also arrived.