Theresa May defends under-fire Brexit plan: 'a deal is within our grasp'

PM tries to reassure Tories over fishing, Irish border and Gibraltar after political declaration published

Theresa May has attempted to sell her Brexit plan to MPs by reassuring rebel Tories over issues such as fishing, the Irish backstop and Gibraltar, telling them that a deal was “now within our grasp”.

Following the publication of a 26-page political declaration on the UK’s post-Brexit relationship with the EU, to be agreed by EU leaders at a Brexit summit on Sunday, May told the Commons it was “a good deal for our country and for our partners in the EU. It honours the vote of the British people.”

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