Article 6A2EJ Sunak evades damaging Commons rebellion as NI Brexit plan passes

Sunak evades damaging Commons rebellion as NI Brexit plan passes

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Peter Walker Political correspondent
from World news | The Guardian on (#6A2EJ)

Boris Johnson and Liz Truss among 22 Tory rebels voting against deal agreed with European Commission

Rishi Sunak has escaped an overly damaging Commons rebellion over his revised plan for post-Brexit Northern Ireland trade, winning a vote on the measure with 22 of his own MPs voting against the deal.

Among the Conservative rebels were Boris Johnson and Liz Truss, another former party leader, Iain Duncan Smith, and the former cabinet ministers Jacob Rees-Mogg, Priti Patel and Simon Clarke.

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