WATCH: ‘A workable approach’
Former Tory minister who now sits as an Independent
‘We will be free of the EU’
Tory MP James Gray tells Sky News: “If this deal goes through we will be free of the European Union.”
Brussels to produce point-by-point analysis
EU to publish a point-by-point analysis of the PM’s Brexit plan, says Sky News Europe correspondent Adam Parsons.
Cabinet updated on Brexit plans
Members of the cabinet have arrived at Downing Street to be updated on the PM’s Brexit proposals.
Mr Johnson says he wants to get a deal in place for the EU summit on 17 October so the UK can leave the EU with an agreement by the 31 October deadline.
PM’s plan ‘removes the trap’ of the Northern Ireland backstop
Nigel Dodds, deputy leader of the DUP, whose support will be critical to getting the PM’s plan through parliament, says the proposals “removes the trap” of the controversial Irish backstop – the controversial insurance policy aimed at avoiding a hard border that led to Theresa May’s deal being rejected three times.
Mr Johnson will later be hitting the phone to EU leaders as he bids to sell his proposed Brexit deal.
The PM will make a statement to MPs after cabinet, currently being held in Downing Street, has finished
PM to make Commons statement
WATCH: ‘I can’t see it getting the support’
‘Progress but a lot of work still needs to be done’
Tough or impossible? The next 10 days are critical for PM’s deal
‘Thumbs up’
Sky News political correspondent Tamara Cohen reports that chief whip Mark Spencer gave a thumbs up as he went into Downing Street earlier.
Askd if he thought the deal could get through parliament, he said: “I think so.”
‘Brussels sceptical but relieved’
Sky News Europe correspondent Adam Parsons says although there has been a lukewarm response by EU leaders so far to the proposed deal, there is relief that plans have finally been put forward.
Brexit plans: What are they and what do they mean?
WATCH: EU reaction to UK plan ‘not positive’
WATCH: ‘It’s now for the EU to respond and show they can be creative’
‘We believe there is enough time’
‘Dublin face customs border anyway if there’s no deal’
WATCH: PM “probably does have the numbers”
‘Both sides want a deal’
Brexit Secretary Steve Barclay tells Sky News both sides want a deal.
‘I think he does have the numbers’
“If I were to make a prediction I think he does have the numbers (to get the deal through parliament),” says Sir Bernard.
‘Looking very much more positive’
Bernard Jenkin, a member of the hardline Eurosceptic European Research Goup, says they will be reading the small print of the proposals, but added: “It’s looking very much more positive.”
Key points:
- Boris Johnson to be grilled by MPs on plan
- PM seeking deal to pave way for Brexit by 31 October deadline
- EU leadersraise concernsover the proposals
- Live blogging by political reporter Nick Lester
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