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Hopes that Britain’s course to Brexit was finally on track were dashed on Thursday as several ministerial resignations — including of Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab — and a push for a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Theresa May triggered a new political crisis, threatening the future of the deal thrashed out earlier this week. Following the epic five hour-long Cabinet meeting, during which up to 10 Ministers were said to have expressed reservations about the deal, Ms. May announced she had secured Cabinet backing for the deal on Wednesday. The move was welcomed by European Union leaders, and the 585-page text of the deal had been published, with explanatory notes, offering politicians in both Britain and on the continent the opportunity to make informed assessments of what had been agreed on. A summit for EU leaders to finalise and formalise the deal would take place on November 25, “if nothing extraordinary happens”, EU President Donald Tusk said earlier on Thursday. This process is now mired in uncertainty as Mr. Raab and Esther McVey, the Work and Pensions Secretary, both stood down alongside junior Ministers Shailesh Vara, Suella Braverman, Ranil Jayawardena and Ann-Marie Trevelyan. All pointed to concerns that the U.K. would be locked in a customs arrangement, with no way of a unilateral decision to exit.
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