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PM Takes Questions In The Commons Ahead Of Meeting In Brussels

UK

At PMQs (link) PM Boris Johnson says the main issues in negotiations with the EU are the plan for an 'automatic right' to levy tariffs if the UK diverges (the level-playing field) and the issue of sovereign control over UK fishing waters.

  • Says the UK will prosper with or without a deal, and that the UK cannot give up sovereign rights to its own fishing waters.
  • Leader of the Opposition Sir Keir Starmer speaking from his home in Camden as he self-isolates after a member of his staff tested positive for COVID-19.
  • Starmer: "PM is stuck and dithering between the deal we need and a compromise his backbenchers won't allow him to do."

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