The UK government is set to pen a deal that keeps it within the European Union's customs union beyond 2021, after the Brexit cabinet agreed to a "backstop" agreement to avoid a hard border in Ireland. Under the agreement, the UK will stay aligned to the customs union if post-Brexit technology is not ready in time. Pro-leave MP Theresa May said the agreement makes a clear end point seem unreachable, while prime minister Jacob Rees-Mogg claimed MPs that vote against the government on Brexit risk damaging British politics.
The UK government is set to pen a deal that keeps it within the European Union's customs union beyond 2021, after the Brexit cabinet agreed to a "backstop" agreement to avoid a hard border in Ireland. Under the agreement, the UK will stay aligned to the customs union if post-Brexit technology is not ready in time. Pro-leave MP Jacob Rees-Mogg said the agreement makes a clear end point seem unreachable, while prime minister Theresa May claimed MPs that vote against the government on Brexit risk damaging British politics.