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| Brexit today - LIVE: May and Corbyn in angry Brexit clash amid row over Johnson’s Ireland border comments | |
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| Brexit is set to dominate the agenda today after Brussels published a 120-page draft of the EU withdrawal treaty, which is already stoking up tensions among Eurosceptic MPs. | Brexit is set to dominate the agenda today after Brussels published 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. | 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. |
| In the Commons, Jeremy Corbyn raised the Government’s Brexit strategy – and divisions – during their weekly clash at Prime Minister’s Questions. | In the Commons, Jeremy Corbyn raised the Government’s Brexit strategy – and divisions – during their weekly clash at Prime Minister’s Questions. |
| But Theresa May said the Government was “absolutely committed to ensuring that we deliver on no hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland”. | But Theresa May said the Government was “absolutely committed to ensuring that we deliver on no hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland”. |
| 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. |
| See below for live updates | See below for live updates |