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EU and UK agree on text for Irish border, reports

EU and UK agree on text for Irish border, reports

The UK and the EU have reached an agreement on Brexit that avoids a hard border with the North.

Its reported the deal has been done on a "technical level" and negotiations are ongoing on the finer points of the text.

The British Prime Minister will put the draft agreement to her cabinet at a meeting tomorrow afternoon.

Government ministers have been called to individual meetings at Number 10 Downing Street for briefings with Theresa May.

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News of the draft deal is a significant breakthrough and could pave the way for a November summit of EU leaders to endorse the text.

Here government sources are insisting they haven't seen a proposed deal yet.

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