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| Brexit today - LIVE: EU accused of trying to 'annex' Northern Ireland amid fury over Johnson's leaked border letter | |
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| Brexit is set to dominate the agenda as Brussels is due to publish a 120-page draft of the EU withdrawal treaty, which is already stoking up tensions among Eurosceptic MPs. | |
| Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has also reignited a row over the Irish border after an explosive leaked memo suggested there could be a "significantly harder" border on the island of Ireland. | |
| All eyes will be on Jeremy Corbyn later over whether he will raise Brexit divisions with Theresa May during their weekly clash at Prime Minister’s Questions. | |
| It comes after the Labour leader made a dramatic policy shift in favour of backing a European customs union in a speech earlier this week. | It comes after the Labour leader made a dramatic policy shift in favour of backing a European customs union in a speech earlier this week. |
| The move heaps pressure on Ms May as it paves the way for Labour to team up with pro-EU Tory rebels to force the Government to keep customs union membership on the table. | The move heaps pressure on Ms May as it paves the way for Labour to team up with pro-EU Tory rebels to force the Government to keep customs union membership on the table. |
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