Rishi Sunak faces growing Tory rebellion over Brexit deal
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak departs 10 Downing Street, London, to attend Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament. Picture date: Wednesday March 22, 2023.
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RISHI SUNAK’S post-Brexit trading arrangements for Northern Ireland were backed by MPs today, but two ex-PMs and other anti-EU hard-liners rejected it, exposing ongoing divisions in the Tory Party.
Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and the European Research Group (ERG) of Tory MPs voted against the so-called Stormont brake — a key element of the Windsor Framework signed by Downing Street and Brussels last month.
But it passed by 515 votes to 29, with the backing of other Tories, Labour and the SNP.
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