New Brexit vote ‘would pile pressure’ on EU

PM considers putting new withdrawal proposals to Commons ahead of negotiations with European leaders

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Boris Johnson has floated the idea that MPs could vote on his revised proposals for the Brexit withdrawal agreement before a crunch EU summit later this month, in a bid to pile pressure on EU leaders to agree a deal before the end of October.

In what the The Daily Telegraph says is a “potentially very big moment”, Johnson told Frank Field MP: “I will reflect on what he said about having a vote on it - it would be better to get a deal first.”

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