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Brexit: Boris Johnson to make fresh general election bid

Boris Johnson will try for a fourth time to secure an early general election, after MPs rejected his plan. The PM will now ask MPs to approve a 12 December election through a one-page bill – which needs the support of fewer MPs than his last attempt. But No 10 …

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Brexit: No 10 to push again for vote on Boris Johnson’s deal

MPs must be given “a straight up-and-down vote” on the PM’s Brexit deal later, No 10 says, but it is not clear whether the Speaker will allow it. John Bercow is due to announce his decision at about 15:30 BST. The PM tried to bring his deal to the Commons …

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Brexit: Commons set for knife-edge votes on deal

MPs are debating the PM’s Brexit deal, amid uncertainty about whether the decisive vote on it will go ahead. The PM is trying to convince MPs to support the agreement he secured with the EU, in Parliament’s first Saturday session in 37 years. Mr Johnson told MPs “now is the …

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Brexit: Johnson in race to win support for deal

Boris Johnson will attempt to persuade MPs to back his Brexit deal today ahead of what is expected to be a knife-edge vote in the Commons on Saturday. Mr Johnson has insisted he is “very confident” MPs will back his deal. But the DUP’s opposition to his plans means he faces …

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Brexit: Special sitting for MPs to decide UK’s future

MPs will be called to Parliament for a special Saturday sitting in a decisive day for the future of Brexit. Parliament will meet on 19 October after a crunch EU summit – seen as the last chance for the UK and EU to agree a deal ahead of 31 October …

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UK Brexit plans to include customs checks on island of Ireland

The government’s final Brexit proposals will include customs checks on the island of Ireland. The BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg said Boris Johnson’s plans will see Northern Ireland “in a different relationship with the EU to the rest of the UK”. Boris Johnson is addressing the Tory conference before submitting the new …

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