Exclusive: EU’s negotiating guidelines for the Brexit transition
Here are the EU’s negotiating guidelines for the Brexit transition, to be published on Monday but signed off at a meeting of officials yesterday.
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It can be hard to keep up with what Labour frontbenchers are saying about Brexit. FactCheck takes a look.
Here are the EU’s negotiating guidelines for the Brexit transition, to be published on Monday but signed off at a meeting of officials yesterday.
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