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EU and UK reach deal but DUP refuses support

October 18, 2019 6:24 am

Boris Johnson and EU leaders have hailed the deal they have struck to take the UK out of the bloc on 31 October in an “orderly” fashion.

The prime minister now faces a battle to get the deal through Parliament on Saturday, with the DUP opposing it.

DUP deputy leader Nigel Dodds accused Mr Johnson of being “too eager by far to get a deal at any cost”.

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European Council President Donald Tusk did not rule out an extension to the Brexit deadline if MPs rejected it.