Brexit: PM vows to focus on ‘levelling up country’ after securing deal
Brexit: PM vows to focus on ‘levelling up country’ after securing deal
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Published December 27, 2020
The prime minister has vowed to focus on “levelling up the country” and “spreading opportunity”, after securing the post-Brexit trade deal this week.
Boris Johnson told the Sunday Telegraph the deal would provide new legislative and regulatory freedoms to “deliver for people who felt left behind”.
But fishermen’s leaders have accused him of “caving in” and sacrificing their interests to reach the agreement.
MPs will vote on the deal in Parliament on 30 December.
The agreement was reached on Christmas Eve after months of fraught talks on issues such as fishing rights and business rules.
Scrutiny of the treaty began in earnest on the morning of Boxing Day when the 1,246-page document was officially published, with Conservative Eurosceptics among those promising to pore over the details of the accord.
