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UK: MPs overwhelmingly back post-Brexit deal with EU – Voice Of Vienna


UK: MPs overwhelmingly back post-Brexit deal with EUEurope
2020-12-31,
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MPs have overwhelmingly approved the UK’s post-Brexit trade deal with the EU in a parliamentary vote.
A bill bringing the deal into UK law was backed by the Commons by 521 to 73 votes after Parliament was recalled.
The majority of Labour MPs are thought to have voted for the agreement after leader Sir Keir Starmer said a “thin deal was better than no deal”.
The UK will sever its ties with the EU at 23.00 GMT on Thursday, four and a half years after the Brexit referendum. ....

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Boris Johnson has formally signed the trade deal with the EU after MPs waved it through this afternoon, voting in favour of the bill by 521 votes to 73. 
And just after midnight the Queen  gave final approval to the legislation.  Her signature puts the agreement into British law, preventing a no-deal Brexit at 11pm on Thursday when the transition period ends.
House of Lords is notified of Royal Assent to the European Union (Future Relationship) Act, the House of Lords said in a tweet after midnight.
Introducing legislation to approve the trade deal secured on Christmas Eve, which is now in the Lords as it continues to be fast-tracked through Parliament in just a day, the Prime Minister said the deal will accomplish something that had been previously considered impossible .   ....

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