Comments by Irish prime minister Leo Varadkar

  • Can't give details of Brexit text just yet
  • Doesn't want to upend UK Cabinet meeting later
  • Brexit text may be published tonight and summit may be on 25 November
  • But a lot of things can still go wrong

The pound is continuing to recover on these headlines here and the fact that May said that "any backstop has to be temporary" which is what parliament wants. But again, until we know of the full details of the deal, it's hard to suggest how optimistic/pessimistic chances of the meaningful vote passing parliament just yet.

GBP/USD now up to 1.2950 on the day while EUR/GBP is back down to 0.8707 currently.