No snowflake tantrums then?
Reuters with remarks form a Senior UK government official
- Says termination clause on backstop is by mutual consent
- Says we have secured a whole series of changes to the text
- There will be an arbitration panel to assess any exit from backstop
- Says PM has achieved getting rid of the 'backstop to the backstop' for Nrthern Ireland
- PM is clear the backstop is not the relation we want in the long term
- Goal for financial services is to get to equivalence
- Says now more work needs to be done
- Objectives of Cequers remain our objectives
- Cabinet proceeds by collective agreement
- Says clearly strongly held views in cabinet
- Ministers had wine after meeting
- PM opened meeting saying there difficult issues to confront
- Focus of negotiation now is on future framework
- Says would expect a cabinet meeting on future framework
