Summary

  • The UK and EU have agreed what Boris Johnson says is a "great new deal" for Brexit

  • European Commission President says the deal is "a fair and balanced agreement"

  • UK PM says the agreement "represents a very good deal for the EU and the UK"

  • It now needs the approval of the UK and European parliaments

  • Johnson 'very confident' MPs will back deal

  • The support of the DUP is seen as crucial if the PM is to win Parliament's approval

  • However, the DUP says it will not vote for it

  1. Picture: Slightly awkward end to Johnson-Juncker addresspublished at 13:52 British Summer Time 17 October 2019

    Boris Johnson and Jean-Claude Juncker
    Image caption,

    Jean-Claude Juncker ended the joint address by saying he was "sad about Brexit"

    There were no answers to shouted questions from journalists at the end of Boris Johnson and Jean-Claude Juncker's address as the two leaders shifted awkwardly before leaving the stage.

  2. Juncker: 'Sad' about Brexitpublished at 13:48 British Summer Time 17 October 2019

    "I have to say that I'm happy about the deal but I'm sad about Brexit. Have a good time," the European Commission president said in his closing remarks.

  3. PM jokes 'Jean-Claude's the boss here'published at 13:47 British Summer Time 17 October 2019

    As Boris Johnson ended his statement, Jean-Claude Juncker hushed the room before making closing remarks.

    Mr Johnson pointed at him and said: "Jean-Claude is the boss here."

  4. PM and Juncker end statementpublished at 13:45 British Summer Time 17 October 2019

    Boris Johnson and Jean-Claude Juncker have left the stage after a very short statement, leaving no time for questions from the press.

  5. PM: UK 'quintessentially European'published at 13:44 British Summer Time 17 October 2019

    "We are a quintessentially European country, solid European friends, neighbours and supporters," Boris Johnson says.

  6. The PM's eighth defeatpublished at 13:44 British Summer Time 17 October 2019

    House of Commons
    Parliament

    The government was defeated by a majority of 12 on the Letwin amendment.

    This is Prime Minister Boris Johnson's eighth defeat in the Commons.

  7. PM: UK can leave 'whole and entire' on 31 Octoberpublished at 13:43 British Summer Time 17 October 2019

    "[The deal] means the UK leaves whole and entire on October 31 but it also means that we can take together, as a single United Kingdom, decisions about our future," Boris Johnson says.

  8. Juncker thanks PM for 'excellent relations'published at 13:41 British Summer Time 17 October 2019

    Jean-Claude Juncker thanks Boris Johnson for "excellent relations throughout the last two weeks".

  9. MPs to sit on Saturdaypublished at 13:41 British Summer Time 17 October 2019

    House of Commons
    Parliament

    The Saturday sitting of the Commons has been passed without a vote.

  10. Pictures: Johnson and Juncker speakpublished at 13:41 British Summer Time 17 October 2019

    boris johnson and jean-claude juncker
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    UK PM Boris Johnson and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker speak in Brussels

  11. MPs vote in favour of Letwin amendmentpublished at 13:40 British Summer Time 17 October 2019

    House of Commons
    Parliament

    MPs have voted in favour of an amendment that will allow for a longer debate and for MPs to table amendments on Saturday if the House were to sit.

    They voted 287 votes to 275.

  12. PM and Juncker arrive to give speechpublished at 13:40 British Summer Time 17 October 2019

    The pair have taken to lecterns to deliver a statement.

  13. Picture: Stage set for PMpublished at 13:36 British Summer Time 17 October 2019

    lecturns ahead of Johnson speech
    Image caption,

    The stage is set in Brussels for a planned joint address from Boris Johnson and the European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker

  14. MPs voting on Letwin amendmentpublished at 13:34 British Summer Time 17 October 2019

    House of Commons
    Parliament

    MPs are voting on an amendment that will allow for a longer debate and for MPs to table amendments on Saturday if the House were to sit.

    The result of the vote is expected at 13:35 BST.

  15. Letwin proposes amendmentpublished at 13:33 British Summer Time 17 October 2019

    House of Commons
    Parliament

    The former Conservative minister, Sir Oliver Letwin, has proposed an amendment to those plans which allow for a longer debate and for MPs to table amendments.

    He tells MPs the deal "looks admirable and I shall be supporting it and voting for the implementation of it in legislation".

    "However, there is a problem and the problem is this - that neither the leader of the Commons nor I know what strategies or tactics may be employed by members in the House on Saturday," he says.

    He says his concern is if MPs vote to "relieve the government of the need to apply for an extension" under the Benn Act only to then "not follow through the following week" and not support the second or third reading.

    "The purpose of the amendment is to permit amendments to be moved on Saturday," he says.

  16. Brexiteer Duncan Smith reserving judgmentpublished at 13:31 British Summer Time 17 October 2019

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    Iain Duncan Smith

    Brexiteer Tory MP Iain Duncan Smith says he is "reserving his position" on whether he will back the deal, because he has some concerns.

    He wants to know why the DUP does not back this deal.

    "I want to know how quickly can we get to a free trade agreement, how quickly can we therefore get out, what incentive is there for the EU to do this quickly? And is the political declaration exclusively for free trade?" he says.

    "There does appear to be other elements of options here in the Political Declaration, where we were assured it will 100% be free trade."

    Mr Gove replies that his concerns are "legitimate", but says: "I believe [these] have been addressed in the document."

    "We are going for a best-in-class free trade agreement with the EU," he says.

    "The political declaration has been changed in order to make that explicit."

  17. MPs debate dealpublished at 13:29 British Summer Time 17 October 2019

    Saturday sitting motion

    House of Commons
    Parliament

    The Leader of the House Jacob Rees-Mogg urges MPs to allow a debate on the Brexit deal in a special sitting of the House this Saturday. He reiterates his support for the deal.

    The questions in this debate focus on the nature of the deal, particularly its plans for Northern Ireland, which have proved contentious. Mr Rees-Mogg says debate of this kind should be held on Saturday, and says the House is "getting ahead of ourselves".

    SNP MP Stewart Hosie asks if the new deal is not, in fact, substantively the same as the deal secured by Theresa May, which the House voted against three times. Mr Rees-Mogg responds that the new deal is different because it no longer includes the Northern Irish backstop.

  18. DUP: Deal means 'prospect of increased costs' for consumerspublished at 13:27 British Summer Time 17 October 2019

    The DUP statement also outlines the party's concerns, including that goods would be subject to a customs check regime "regardless of their final destination" and that the EU would have a veto on which goods would be exempt from tariffs and which would not.

    "This is not acceptable within the internal borders of the United Kingdom," the statement says.

    The party says consumers in Northern Ireland "would face the prospect of increased costs, and potentially less choice due to checks being implemented in order to facilitate the European Union".

    It says on VAT, Northern Ireland "will again be bound into arrangements that the rest of the United Kingdom will not".

    "There is a real danger that over time Northern Ireland will start to diverge across VAT and Customs and without broad support from the democratic representatives of the people of Northern Ireland," the statement says.

  19. Watch: Deal is 'ok for people in Ireland'published at 13:27 British Summer Time 17 October 2019

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  20. PM arrives in Brusselspublished at 13:25 British Summer Time 17 October 2019

    Boris Johnson is arriving in Brussels where he is due to deliver a statement at the EU headquarters shortly.