UK minister rejects general election rumors, says resolute about Brexit plan
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Britain is standing resolutely on its proposals for a divorce deal with the European Union, Brexit minister Dominic Raab said on Sunday, ruling out an early election.
At a summit in Austria on Thursday, EU leaders rejected Prime Minister Theresa May's "Chequers" plan, saying she needed to give ground on trade and customs arrangements for the UK border with Ireland.
"We have come up with a serious set of proposals...We are not just going to flit from plan to plan like some sort of diplomatic butterfly, we are going to be resolute about this," Raab told BBC TV. Asked about reports in a Sunday newspaper that May's aides had begun contingency planning for a November election, he said: "It is for the birds, it is not going to happen."
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