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UK will not be 'trapped' in backstop, May to tell EU

07/02/2019 GMT

BBC World Service - World Update, UK will not be 'trapped' in backstop, May to tell EU

Theresa May heads to Brussels to ask the EU for legally binding changes to Brexit deal.

Theresa May is heading to Brussels to press EU leaders for legally binding changes to the Brexit deal. The PM will insist the UK will not be "trapped" in the backstop - the plan to avoid the return of Irish border checks whatever UK-EU trade deal is agreed.

(Photo: Jean-Claude Juncker and Theresa May / Credit: European Council)

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