U.K. lawmakers will now vote on his draft withdrawal deal in a special Commons sitting on Saturday.
Lawmakers in the U.K. will now vote on Boris Johnson's Brexit agreement in a special sitting on Saturday.Sterling has risen sharply in the days following Europe's agreement to Johnson's proposal.
The House of Commons will sit from 9.30 a.m. London time "until any hour," according to the latest agenda paper. The House is sitting on a Saturday for the first time since 1982, when the U.K. was at war with Argentina., there appears to be little difference from May's failed deal, but Johnson will be banking that lawmakers, tired of the Brexit deadlock, will switch to support his withdrawal deal.
Johnson will make a statement at 9.30 a.m. local time, before taking at least 90 minutes of questions about his talks that led to the agreement between the U.K. and 27 other EU leaders. If MPs do approve the deal unamended on Saturday, the government is expected to table the Withdrawal Agreement Bill as soon as Monday, freeing the U.K. to leave the European Union on October 31.
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