Draft Brexit plan approved by British cabinet, released to public

Source: RT

November 14, 2018 at 21:06

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May, makes a statement outside 10 Downing Street, in London, Britain on November 14, 2018. © Reuters / Henry Nicholls

Britain's cabinet has backed Theresa May's EU withdrawal agreement, the prime minister has confirmed. She said that the deal is the best that could be negotiated and is in the interest of the country.

The official text of the draft agreement consisting of 585 pages was published by European Commission.

Top British ministers debated whether to support the deal during a five-hour meeting inside 10 Downing Street, with some having been invited to the prime minister's office a day before to read it.

May said the plan is the “best that could be negotiated," adding that the “collective decision of [the] cabinet" was to push ahead with the deal.

“And I firmly believe with my head and my heart that this is a decision that is in the best interest of our entire United Kingdom," she said.

She added that the plan is the result of “thousands of hours of meetings." The deal was reached as the deadline for Brexit – March 2019 – was looming and many expressed concern that the divorce would not happen.

May noted that the deal will come under “intense scrutiny," while saying she is aware that “there will be difficult days ahead."

May declined to answer questions from the media, saying she will make a statement in parliament on Thursday.

Despite the agreement being backed by the Cabinet, she is still facing fierce opposition, including from Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg who wrote a letter to his colleagues urging them to vote against the deal in Parliament.

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