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Jean-Claude Juncker addresses public spat with Theresa May: 'we were not dancing'

Theresa May has insisted her Brexit deal is not dead in a press conference in Brussels after a bruising EU summit, with leaders scrapping written commitments to help pass her deal through the Commons.

Unless further concessions are made, it means the embattled prime minister will return to Westminster with limited assurances that are unlikely to placate her rebellious MPs.

But David Lidington, the cabinet office minister, defended Ms May’s handling of the talks, telling the BBC: “Anybody who has heard Theresa May, anybody who has heard her around the cabinet table, knows there is a very clear plan.”

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Key Points

• Theresa May in icy exchange with Jean-Claude Juncker at EU summit
• ...after EU leaders scrap plans to help May salvage deal
• DUP leader Arlene Foster tells PM not to 'roll over' to the EU
• Tony Blair claims majority of MPs will back Final Say referendum
• Labour claims May failed to achieve any 'meaningful changes'

[14 December 2018 17:47 · Tom Barnes]

Tory MP Nick Boles has become the first senior Conservative politician to call for Theresa May to attempt to work with Jeremy Corbyn in a bid to thrash out a Brexit deal that has a chance of attracting enough support to win a Commons vote.

[14 December 2018 18:29 · Tom Barnes]

Environment secretary Michael Gove has claimed Theresa May's Brexit bill can survive in parliament despite strong opposition. 

Mr Gove said on Friday he thinks the contentious bill can pass in parliament, although he did not offer details about how he believed sceptical MPs could be convinced to change their minds in the coming weeks. 

“Yes, I think it can,” he said when asked about whether the bill could win a majority in parliament. 

[14 December 2018 19:05 · Tom Barnes]

French President Emmanuel Macron says the withdrawal deal on Brexit cannot be renegotiated and that it's now up to the British Parliament to make the next move.

Mr Macron spoke Friday after an EU summit and a one-on-one meeting with British Prime Minister Theresa May, seeking help from EU leaders to help her sell the deal to sceptical MPs.

The president insisted “there is one accord, the only one possible,” adding “we cannot renegotiate it.”

He told reporters that now it's “the British parliament's time” to decide whether to accept or reject it.

He said EU leaders are willing to “clarify and discuss” the accord, and said EU leaders at the summit sought to debunk “fantasies” about the so-called backstop for the Irish border.

[14 December 2018 19:35 · Tom Barnes]

That's it from The Independent on what has been another busy day Brexit news. Check back tomorrow for more updates.