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GILT SUMMARY: Gilts are stronger as Brexit heads into the beginning of the

endgame, with skepticism that PM May will see her deal through.

- The Dec 18 Gilt future is up 26 ticks at 122.00, having traded in a range of

121.86-122.06 today.

- The 2-Yr yield is down 2.9bps at 0.773%, 5-Yr is down 3bps at 1.055%, 10-Yr is

down 3.7bps at 1.484%, and 30-Yr is down 2.7bps at 1.948%.

- Cabinet meeting at 1400GMT sees PM May try to get her Brexit deal signed off.

Key Brexiters Gove, Javid said to back deal, among others.

- While it looks like Cabinet will agree, resistance from Labour, hard-line

Conservative Brexiteers & the DUP could sink it in Parliament.

- Sterling and FTSE both weaker, suggesting risk appetite hardly robust.

- If anyone is still paying attention to UK data amid all this, CPI out at

0930GMT. MNI median anticipates a rise in the headline rate to 2.5% (Sep: 2.4%),

however core CPI is expected to remain unchanged from Sep's reading (1.9%).