Dominic Raab supports May's plan on Brexit deal for future of UK

Brexit minister Dominic Raab dismissed suggestions put forward by Brexit supporters for Britain to pursue an enhanced Canada-style free trade deal, saying Prime Minister Theresa May's plan was the only one to keep the United Kingdom intact.

Some Brexit campaigners in the governing Conservatives, including former Brexit minister David Davis, has suggested that the government should scrap its so-called Chequers plan in favor of pursuing a free trade deal along the lines of the one between the European Union and Canada.

Asked by a committee of lawmakers whether he would agree that an enhanced Canada-style deal took Britain further forward and closer to a deal than Chequers, Raab said: "I don't understand why anyone of the Brexit flavoring... would cite that as a credible alternative," he said, adding that it would involve the EU-proposed backstop for the Northern Irish and Ireland border that May argues would split the United Kingdom.