Several UK cabinet ministers have discussed possibility of extending the implementation period

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• Several cabinet ministers are now threatening to resign next week if May agrees to keep the UK in a customs union without a definitive time limit
• Raab feels he cannot endorse a Brexit deal without a set time limit on membership of a customs union
• Nov 27 penciled in as Commons voting date on Brexit deal
• Several UK cabinet ministers have discussed possibility of extending the implementation period by six months to avoid a backstop
• Some senior Tories now believe May's moment of greatest danger is next week
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"BuzzFeed News understands several senior Tories have discussed the

possibility of extending the implementation period by six months, to

June 2021, to buy extra time to secure a free trade deal."