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Thirty-two Labour MPs abstain as EU withdrawal agreement bill passes with majority of 124

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Six Labour MPs defied party whips to vote for Boris Johnson’s EU withdrawal agreement bill on Friday, and more than 30 stayed away.

Keir Starmer, the shadow Brexit secretary, winding up the debate on the second reading of the bill, said last week’s decisive election result “doesn’t mean the deal negotiated by the prime minister is a good deal: it isn’t”.

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