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UK Prime Minister Battles To Save Brexit Deal As Ministers Quit

Just over 12 hours after May announced that her team of top ministers had agreed to the terms of the draft agreement, Brexit minister Dominic Raab and work and pensions minister Esther McVey quit, saying they could not support it (Photo: BEN STANSALL/AFP/Getty Images).

By: Radhakrishna N S

British prime minister Theresa May battled on Thursday (15) to save a draft divorce deal with the European Union after her Brexit secretary and other ministers quit in protest at an agreement they say will trap Britain in the bloc’s orbit for years. Just over 12 hours after May announced that her team of top ministers had agreed to the terms of the draft agreement, Brexit minister Dominic Raab and work and pensions minister Esther McVey quit, saying they could not support it. Their departure, the resignations of two junior ministers and reports others were considering quitting, shakes May’s divided…

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