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Evening Standard
Politics
Bonnie Christian, Rebecca Speare-Cole

Boris Johnson Brexit deal LIVE: Latest vote news as PM holds Cabinet meeting ahead of Saturday Commons showdown

Boris Johnson is facing a race against time to sell his last-minute deal to MPs before a crunch vote after returning from Brussels in a "very confident" mood.

The Prime Minister said there is a "very good case" for MPs to vote in his favour, in what is expected to be a dramatic and historic House of Commons showdown on Saturday .

But with significant opposition lining up to thwart it , he faces an uphill battle to get the deal through in the extraordinary sitting of Parliament - the first on a weekend since April 1982.

He held a Cabinet meeting this afternoon where he briefed MPs ahead of the Super Saturday showdown.

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