{"id":23358,"date":"2020-12-27T10:27:50","date_gmt":"2020-12-27T10:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/?p=23358"},"modified":"2020-12-27T10:27:50","modified_gmt":"2020-12-27T10:27:50","slug":"brexit-pm-vows-to-focus-on-levelling-up-country-after-securing-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/2020\/12\/27\/brexit-pm-vows-to-focus-on-levelling-up-country-after-securing-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Brexit: PM vows to focus on &#8216;levelling up country&#8217; after securing deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p><b class=\"css-14iz86j-BoldText e5tfeyi0\">The prime minister has vowed to focus on &#8220;levelling up the country&#8221; and &#8220;spreading opportunity&#8221;, after securing the post-Brexit trade deal this week.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Boris Johnson told the\u00a0<a class=\"css-yidnqd-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/politics\/2020\/12\/26\/big-changes-coming-britain-vows-pm\/\">Sunday Telegraph<\/a>\u00a0the deal would provide new legislative and regulatory freedoms to &#8220;deliver for people who felt left behind&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>But fishermen&#8217;s leaders have accused him of &#8220;caving in&#8221; and sacrificing their interests to reach the agreement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>MPs will vote on the deal in Parliament on 30 December.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>The agreement was\u00a0<a class=\"css-yidnqd-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-politics-55435930\">reached on Christmas Eve<\/a>\u00a0after months of fraught talks on issues such as fishing rights and business rules.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Scrutiny of the treaty began in earnest on the morning of Boxing Day when the 1,246-page document was officially\u00a0<a class=\"css-yidnqd-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/948104\/EU-UK_Trade_and_Cooperation_Agreement_24.12.2020.pdf\">published<\/a>, with Conservative Eurosceptics among those promising to pore over the details of the accord.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The prime minister has vowed to focus on &ldquo;levelling up the country&rdquo; and &ldquo;spreading opportunity&rdquo;, after securing the post-Brexit trade deal this week. Boris Johnson told the&nbsp;Sunday Telegraph&nbsp;the deal would provide new legislative and regulatory freedoms to &ldquo;deliver for people who felt left behind&rdquo;. But fishermen&rsquo;s leaders have accused him of &ldquo;caving in&rdquo; and sacrificing their interests to reach the agreement. MPs will vote on the deal in Parliament on 30 December. 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