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UK MPs Hail 'Historic' Brexit Trade Deal With EU Members of the UK Parliament on Wednesday voted in favour of Brexit trade deal 521 votes to 73. PTI 30 December 2020 AP/PTI Photo outlookindia.com 2020-12-30T21:44:13+05:30 Also read UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson had recalled Parliament from its Christmas break to get the Brexit free trade agreement (FTA) struck with the European Union (EU) cleared through all parliamentary stages for the EU (Future Relationship) Bill to become law in time for January 1, 2021. The 80-page Bill, which follows a last-minute deal agreed ...

Boris Johnson has said the UK will "open a new chapter" thanks to the country's post-Brexit EU trade deal - which the government hopes to ratify in parliament in a single day. The prime minister hailed the "astonishing speed" with which the deal was agreed and said it "demonstrates how Britain can be at once European and sovereign". MPs and peers are debating the deal ahead of a vote which could see the EU (Future Relationship) Bill passed by the end of the day. If approved, the trade deal, which was agreed between the UK and EU on Christmas Eve, will come into force on 1 January following th...

Sir Keir Starmer has claimed MPs who oppose Boris Johnson’s “thin” Brexit deal are hiding “in the knowledge that others will save you from the consequences”. The Labour leader issued a warning about the consequences of not supporting legislation to enact the post-transition period agreement between the UK and EU, as he faces a rebellion among his MPs. Sir Keir told the Commons that Labour would vote to implement the treaty to “put in place a floor” from which the UK can build a “strong” future relationship with the EU. But these orders are not universally supported among his...

Sir Keir Starmer saw almost a fifth of his MPs rebel by ignoring orders to support Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal. The Labour leader had claimed MPs who opposed the “thin” agreement between the EU and UK were hiding “in the knowledge that others will save you from the consequences”. He also issued a warning about the repercussions of not supporting the legislation to enact the post-transition period treaty, which was approved by 521 to 73 – majority 448 – in the House of Commons. A total of 162 of Labour’s 200 MPs supported the European Union (Future Relationship) Bill at third r...

Boris Johnson’s EU trade deal has cleared the House of Commons, as the Government seeks to rush approval through Parliament in a single day. After little over four hours’ debate, MPs voted by 521 to 73 to give the European Union (Future Relationship) Bill, ratifying the deal finally agreed on Christmas Eve, a third reading. The Bill now goes to the House of Lords, where the debate is expected to continue until around 10.30pm on Wednesday. If, as expected, it passes the upper chamber, it will then go to the Queen for royal assent, with an announcement expected around midnight. That would p...