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GILT SUMMARY: Theresa May was appealing to Britain's biggest unions late last

night as she scrambles to build cross-party support for her Brexit deal.

- MPs will be aware of the City of London Corporation councillors voting

overwhelmingly against support for a second referendum as they consider the

possible options should May's vote fail to pass, as is widely expected.

- Japan's PM last night said it was the "wish of whole world" to avoid no-deal. 

- The Mar 19 Gilt future is up 11 ticks at 123.25, having traded in a range of

123.06-123.32 today.

- Short end and belly sections of the curve have led rise with the long end slow

to react so far this morning.

- The 2s10s has traded flat, whilst a moderate 0.5bps steepening can be seen in

the 5s30s. 

- The 2-Yr yield is down 1.6bps at 0.76%, 10-Yr down 1.6bps at 1.258%, and 30-Yr

down 0.9bps at 1.791%.

- The Brexit debate on Brexit continues into it's third day in Parliament. 

- Morning focus on UK Nov GDP at 0930GMT, Est: 0.1% M/M, 0.3% 3M/3M.