Summary

  • The European Union has endorsed the Brexit deal after 18 months of negotiations

  • 'This is the best deal possible, this is the only deal possible,' says European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker

  • Theresa May says it allows the country to 'move forward together into a brighter future'

  • But the UK Parliament must also approve the deal - MPs are expected to vote in December

  • A number of MPs from all sides have criticised the agreement

  • Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt says the parliamentary arithmetic is 'challenging'

  1. Hunt: UK 'not significantly worse or better off'published at 11:17 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November 2018

    The Andrew Marr Show

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    Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt refused to say whether the current withdrawal agreement was better than the UK remaining in the EU.

    "The truth is, there are compromises in this deal," he told Andrew Marr.

    Mr Hunt said the UK was "not significantly worse or better off" but argued that the current agreement would allow the UK to regain sovereignty.

    "This isn't a perfect deal, but it does have a lot of what everyone wants."

    He said it could be seen as "a staging post" to a situation giving us 100% of what we want.

  2. Watch: Theresa May with EU leaderspublished at 11:16 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November 2018

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    Brexit: Theresa May meets EU leaders after deal agreement

  3. Labour MP: Second referendum would help far rightpublished at 11:13 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November 2018

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  4. Shadow cabinet minister calls for electionpublished at 11:12 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November 2018

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    Shadow cabinet minister Jon Trickett says the Brexit deal is a "half-way house" and has called for a general election to "re-set the conversation with the country".

    Speaking on BBC 5 Live, he said: "The present parliament appears to be in deadlock, and it's a deadlock created without an election."

    A referendum is "one of several options available" to break through that deadlock in parliament, he added.

    "Labour wanted to remain in the EU and we wanted to reform. If Cameron had come up with proper reforms, it may well have been that the vote [in 2016] wouldn't have happened."

  5. Watch: Blair calls Brexit 'painful and pointless'published at 11:05 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November 2018

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  6. Brexit summit talks endpublished at 11:05 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November 2018

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    The Brexit talks in Brussels have finished - leaders will now speak to the media.

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  7. Arlene Foster says DUP disappointed with PMpublished at 11:01 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November 2018

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    The DUP is "disappointed" with Theresa May and the government's decision to press ahead with the Brexit deal, leader Arlene Foster has said.

    Read the full story here.

  8. Watch: Blair condemns Brexit dealpublished at 10:58 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November 2018

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  9. Brexit - a simple guidepublished at 10:57 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November 2018

    Confused by all the twists and turns of Brexit?

    Read our simple guide, explaining where we are now and what comes next.

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  10. Watch: DUP leader on agreement with Toriespublished at 10:56 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November 2018

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  11. Labour MP: PM's deal 'too big a gamble'published at 10:51 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November 2018

    Labour MP Lisa Nandy says Theresa May's deal is "too big a gamble", as it offers no guide as to what the future holds for the UK.

    Speaking to Sky News's Sophy Ridge On Sunday, she said there had been no attempt by the prime minister to reach out to Labour MPs as she tries to win support for her deal in parliament.

    The Wigan MP, whose constituency voted to leave, said she had hoped the PM would reach a deal that she could support, but the agreement wasn't that.

  12. Tony Blair: Brexit deal a 'botched Brexit'published at 10:50 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November 2018

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    Former Prime Minister Tony Blair says he has a lot of respect for Theresa May.

    "This is not personal," he told Andrew Marr on BBC One.

    "I think she is a decent person surrounded by a lot of unreasonable ones.

    "But this is about the destiny of our country and it's the wrong decision."

    He said the withdrawal agreement doesn't honour the mandate or settle the issues, describing it as a "botched Brexit".

    Mr Blair - a Remainer - said he would be "really surprised" if Labour didn't end up backing a second referendum.

    But he said any second referendum would have to see both Brexiteers and Remainers agree beforehand that any outcome "would be final" for at least a generation.

  13. Brexit deal 'leaves Wales less prosperous'published at 10:48 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November 2018

    The Brexit deal will leave Wales worse off, Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones says.

    Wales receives £600m a year from the EU and exports 60% of its goods to Europe, he says.

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  14. View of the leaders approving Brexit dealpublished at 10:37 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November 2018

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  15. Arlene Foster: DUP will 'wait and see' what happens nextpublished at 10:35 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November 2018

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    Arlene Foster, leader of the DUP, has once again reiterated that the party cannot support the withdrawal agreement.

    "This deal does not allow us to take back control," she said, stressing that there were no circumstances under which she would back the deal.

    Mrs Foster told Andrew Marr she did not believe the deal will make it through Parliament, but said the DUP would have to wait and see what happens next before they decide to if they will remove their support from Theresa May.

    "We have to look to a better way, a third way," she said, adding that they were talking to both Remainers and Brexiteers to find a solution and avoid a no-deal scenario.

  16. Watch: Farage calls for 'no-deal' Brexitpublished at 10:24 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November 2018

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    Former UKIP leader wants UK to leave the EU without a deal

  17. Scottish first minister slams PM's 'desperate letter'published at 10:23 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November 2018

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  18. Minister: Cabinet united behind Theresa Maypublished at 10:22 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November 2018

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    Chief Secretary to the Treasury Liz Truss says the prime minister has shown "tremendous resilience" in achieving a Brexit deal.

    Speaking on BBC 5Live's Pienaar's Politics, she says the cabinet are united behind Theresa May and the withdrawal agreement, despite "differing views".

    "We've got to keep our eye on the prize," she says.

    "To not deliver that would be disastrous, we have to keep behind Theresa May."

  19. EU leaders reading the same scriptpublished at 10:13 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November 2018

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    Political editor Laura Kuenssberg says it's clear all EU leaders meeting today had "read the same script".

    No one is happy about the UK leaving the EU, she says, but they all say it's a decent deal and the only one on offer.

    For Theresa May, it's now the beginning of a "very planned, very scripted" operation as she attempts to sell the deal to MPs and the general public.

    Whilst at the moment it appears the deal would not get through parliament, everything could change as time goes on and the debate continues, Laura Kuenssberg says.

  20. EU protest against violence targeting womenpublished at 10:12 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November 2018

    The European Parliament president gives a press conference with a red streak daubed on his cheek.

    Antonio Tajani, an Italian, is showing support for Italians protesting against gender violence.

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