German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been meeting Belgium's Prime Minister, Charles Michel. The pair have been discussing Brexit.

Ms Merkel's spokesman tweeted: "Once again, the EU has made far-reaching proposals to address Britain’s concerns. Now it’s the task of the British parliament to make decisions."

Sterling gyrates after attorney general says new Brexit deal doesn't tackle key objections.

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The DUP's Sammy Wilson has said he's concerned there are MPs in Parliament who are doing "the work of Brussels" to keep the UK in the EU.

He said the "telling point" for the DUP from legal advice today was that unless there was a fundamental change in circumstances, "we would be stuck with the withdrawal agreement unless the EU agreed to release us from it".

He defended his party's decision to vote against the deal in the Commons later.

Asked what would happen if a vote took place to rule out a no-deal Brexit, Mr Wilson described MPs who would vote in favour of taking no deal off the table tomorrow as "agents of Brussels".

"Brussels wants us to stay in the EU as well," he added.

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Jacob Rees-Mogg, who belongs to the ERG - a group of Tory Brexiteers - says it "hasn't yet said" that it will be voting against Mrs May's deal later.

"We're meeting at 5 o'clock when we'll make our decision, we're going to have a full discussion then. But the legal team has put out its opinions."

He adds: "I wouldn't hold your breath for us to come out and say we're backing the deal. But we will discuss it and see what the various risks are because none of these decisions is risk free.

"The default position of Conservative MPs is that we want to support the prime minister and government policy. But Geoffrey Cox's legal opinion certainly didn't make that any easier."

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SNP's Westminster Leader Ian Blackford continues, "Our friends and neighbours are watching - what must they think?"

He adds that it is a "disgrace" that opportunities that people in the UK have benefited from are being taken away.

The legal advice is crystal clear, he adds, "The prime minister has failed to secure a time limit or unilateral exit clause from the backstop."

"This is the same deal, and the same bad deal for Scotland - the events of the last 24 hours change nothing," Mr Blackford says.

"This is about the prime minister's future and her party's future."

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The SNP's Westminster leader, Ian Blackford, says Scotland's historic place is under threat.

"EU membership has allowed us all to work together," he adds, noting the UK "has been enriched culturally and economically - we have all gained, not lost".

Mr Blackford says he believes the prime minister's deal will be defeated tonight, but tomorrow MPs must vote down the "catastrophic" possibility of leaving the EU with no deal.

The UK is "replacing partnership and security with instability and chaos", he adds, calling on MPs to "act to stop the greatest act of self-harm on this country".

According to the Press Association, a Downing Street source said Theresa May was "absolutely focused on winning" the vote on her deal later tonight.

"We are not preparing for and we do not want a general election," the source said. "Our position is unchanged."

The source also rejected reports that Conservative campaign headquarters were preparing for the upcoming European elections, saying it was "incorrect".

They added: "We are not preparing candidates because we are not going to participate as a party in European parliamentary elections."

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Conservative chairman of the European Scrutiny Committee Sir Bill Cash says the "worst possible situation" would be one where the UK "will end up at the mercy of our competitors". He says it would end up "receiving" laws "in the most humiliating way", that would negatively effect the country "for a number of years", he says.

He confirms that he will vote against the agreement, and he hopes that others will do so too.

While Liz Truss posted a photo, external of her "voting fuel" burger earlier, other MPs are getting through the parliamentary day with other snacks.

This comes amid reports that the pro-Brexit European Research Group, which Mr Rees-Mogg leads, are to meet at 1700 GMT to discuss which way to vote.

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Jeremy Corbyn says "it is simply not good enough to vote for a blindfold Brexit" and urges MPs to vote against it.

He says Theresa May is "stuck in a groove", believing only her deal must be voted on.

"The documents offer no clarity and certainty," he adds, noting that the political declaration contains "26 pages of waffle".

The prime minister has shown a failure to negotiate properly and to listen to members of the House, unions and businesses, Mr Corbyn says.

Jeremy Corbyn says he looks forward to Parliament taking back control and "succeeding where this government has blatantly failed".

"Parliament should do its job today and say 'No,' to the prime minister," he concludes.

The European Research Group of Brexiteer Tory MPs earlier failed to back Mrs May's deal.

According to Alex Wickham, Buzzfeed's senior political correspondent, the ERG has not decided how they will vote.

The editor of Politics.co.uk also reports similar:

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"This was a bad deal in December," and in January, he says, "it is the same bad deal now," and the Labour Party will vote against it tonight.

Labour have put forward "credible" and "sensible" alternatives to the current withdrawal agreement.

"We want a Brexit that protects jobs and the economy and our industries," he says.

If the deal "narrowly scrapes through tonight" then there should still be a confirmatory referendum on the terms of the deal, he states.

Scott Mann, the Tory MP for North Cornwall, voted against the Brexit deal in January but has now changed his mind.

It comes after another Cornish Conservative MP, Derek Thomas, also announced earlier, external that he'd switched to support the PM's deal.

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As things stand the number of switchers seems far less than required to avoid another defeat for the prime minister. Last time out she was beaten by a record 230 votes.

One cabinet minister guessed the number tonight might be around 150. Everyone is guessing still.

But this looks like another dreadful day for Number 10, and another moment when doubts will be on display about not just the divorce deal with the EU, but about the prime minister's leadership too.

Read Laura's full blog here

Mr Ross, Conservative MP for Moray, said he had asked to vote by proxy but was told he should have applied on Monday.

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"It's all spin and no substance from the prime minister," Jeremy Corbyn says.

The attorney general's legal advice says the backstop will endure indefinitely until a superseding agreement takes place, he adds, noting that "this was the same in January as it is today."

He reiterates that "nothing has changed" and says he "earnestly hopes that the House tonight rejects the prime minister's agreement".