Rishi Sunak warned MPs 'bouncing' for a quick vote on the Brexit deal 'would hurt a lot'

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Rishi Sunak has been warned not to 'push' MPs into backing a post-Brexit deal with the EU by rushing a vote in the House of Commons next week.

The Prime Minister said No 10 was 'giving everything he had' to finalize a deal to resolve issues with the Northern Ireland Protocol, with a deal to be announced as soon as possible. Monday.

But it seems unlikely that the DUP will support a compromise with Brussels if it respects certain elements of European law. The Unionist Party's Conservative allies in the European Research Group (ERG) have urged Mr Sunak not to rush its way through parliament.

ERG chairman Mark Francois said his group would not support the deal unless EU law is 'stripped out' in Northern Ireland.

Hardliners said 'less role' for the European Court of Justice - but one that confirms the court as the ultimate arbiter of disputes - was not "good enough", and insisted that "we are not stupid".

The top Brexiteer told < Sky News' em>Sophy Ridge: 'If we were advising the Prime Minister, my honest advice to him would be - don't try to bounce Parliament next week because it could go wrong.'

Mr François said the government "should have a bill", and warned the Prime Minister not to try to avoid a vote in sum. "For the Government to try to push this through the House of Commons without a vote of any kind would be incredibly reckless," he added.

Meanwhile Dominic Raab announced to " good news" on a Northern Ireland protocol deal could be delivered in "days, not weeks" and appears to confirm MPs would get a vote in parliament.

Suggesting there will be a vote on a deal announced within days, the Deputy Prime Minister told the BBC: 'MPs will have a chance to have their say. Parliament will have the ability to speak out."

Mr Raab also suggested that Mr Sunak negotiate a mechanism that will resolve what the DUP and its allies call the "democratic deficit" in the protocol of 'Northern Ireland.

He told the BBC on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg: "If there are any new rules that would apply to Northern Ireland. ..