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Theresa May returned from Brussels today with the blessing of 27 EU leaders after they approved the terms of the UK's exit at a summit on Sunday. The UK Parliament is expected to vote on the deal on 12 December, but its approval is far from guaranteed. More than 90 Tory MPs have suggested publicly they will not vote for it; so has the DUP; and the opposition parties are committed to voting against, which means she simply doesn’t have...

Theresa May's Brexit deal will leave the UK £100 billion worse off a year by 2030 than if it had remained in the EU, a study by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) has found. The study revealed GDP would be 3.9 per cent lower over the next decade, which is the equivalent of losing the economic output of Wales or the City of London, the report authors noted. This would leave people on average £1,000 worse off each...

Jeremy Hunt had a blunt warning for the Conservative Government, if it doesn’t back May’s deal it could end up in the collapse of the party. He urged his colleagues to back the PM’s deal, which has been accepted by the other EU states. Hunt was speaking on the Andrew Marr Show, telling the interviewer that the deal “mitigates most of the negative impacts” of leaving the EU. However he would not be drawn into answering a question on whether...

Theresa May has been slammed for giving way to Spain’s demands over the future of Gibraltar, with political commentators calling her concessions a "total capitulation" as Brexit negotiations enter a key stage. The British government publicly conceded that Gibraltar will not necessarily be covered by a future trade deal in an astonishing backtrack yesterday. Spain's prime minister, Pedro Sánchez had threatening to veto May’s deal at Sunday’s leaders’ summit in Brussels without concessions over the British overseas territory. Following the announcement Sánchez immediately...

Another voice from the Leave camp has said that the UK would be better off within the EU, as the trade opportunities have been lost. Shanker Singham, who outlined the economic arguments for Brexit, admitted “there’s no point leaving the EU” because the opportunities he had envisaged will have been lost. He said: “The upside and the opportunity … disappears, and you’re left only with a damage limitation exercise,” reports The Guardian. Singham is an ex-Washington trade lawyer and lobbyist...

The PM took to the airwaves to talk to normal humans and, as you can imagine, it was quite cringe worthy. BBC Radio 5Live listeners gave May a real grilling and she came away burnt. Theresa May refused to confirm whether she would resign, after being asked three times, if her Brexit deal is rejected by MPs. She continued to insist her plan was "the best deal for the UK." Host Emma Barnett, and the nation, really wanted to know...

A growing number of MPs are saying the only option for the UK is to stay in the European Union, ITV's political editor Robert Peston has revealed. With parliament split over Britain's future and the EU unlikely to offer a better deal on Brexit the likelihood of Theresa May delivering on referendum promises look increasingly slim. An attempt to bring down the Prime Minister sunk after Brexiteers failed to gather the 48 letters needed to trigger a vote of no-confidence in...

A Brexit minimart has popped up on Peckham High Street selling everything from chlorinated chicken to Conmans Mustard and Save our Bacon. Costuppers, which promotes itself as the "home of the worst deal ever", was set up by the People's Vote campaign and stocked products such as Brexit tampons for an "ultra expensive period" and Nosecco for a "very dry Brexit". The shop will raise awareness around the Not Buying It campaign, which is helping Brits write to their MP before...