Brexit vote ‘backdated’

Parliament may have to correct any deal after January deadline

TREATY Rees-Mogg

MPS may not get to vote on a Brexit deal until after it has come into force in January.

Commons leader Jacob ReesMogg said they could be asked to “retrospectively correct” the law.

He is expected to say tomorrow if Parliament will sit next week, meaning a deal is on the cards.

He said: “Normally, you would expect a treaty to be ratified before it comes into force.” But he added it was “theoretically possible” for things to be done differently.

Boris Johnson told his Cabinet leaving without an agreement is still “the most likely outcome”.

But insiders think his words are part of a complicated dance with the EU ahead of striking a deal this week. The two sides did appear to be closer to an agreement.

Brussels insiders suggested the UK had moved towards their competition rules demands. And the EU is believed to have diluted its threat of “lightning tariffs”. Tory William Hague said the PM had convinced European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen he is “crazy enough” to leave with no deal – but warned our biggest test is “whether we know what to do” with our new freedom.

No10 announced the PM will visit India next month to promote his Global Britain trade agenda.