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4.45pm GMT

The European parliament's constitutional affairs committee has voted to recommend that MEPs should vote for the withdrawal agreement when they debate it on Wednesday afternoon next week.

Brexit withdrawal agreement to be tabled in @Europarl_EN plenary next week with a positive recommendation by @EPInstitutional MEPs pic.twitter.com/gVMYTzSCQz

4.37pm GMT

Mark Rutte, the Dutch prime minister, has told Sky News that he thinks the chances of the UK and the EU agreeing a trade deal in 2020 are just 50/50. In a short interview in Davos, when asked if he was confident about there being a deal this year, he replied:

50/50. Because a year is not very long, and if the UK is really not willing to ask for an extension, then we run a risk that we might get to a cliff edge again.

NEW: Dutch PM @markrutte tells @skynews that despite Boris Johnson's pledge that Britain will get a trade deal with the EU this year, the chances are still 50-50. And he warns of yet another Brexit cliff-edge. Video: pic.twitter.com/BLQRrguicj