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Boris Johnson should focus on beating Covid-19 not breaking the law, Keir Starmer demands

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Keir Starmer has urged Boris Johnson not to “reopen old wounds” and to get a trade deal with the EU as he criticised the Government’s admission it could break international law over Brexit as “wrong”.

The Labour leader called on the Prime Minister on Tuesday to return his attention to the coronavirus pandemic by ensuring negotiations with Brussels are successful.

Mr Starmer’s message came on a day Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis admitted the Government’s plan to over-ride elements of Mr Johnson’s Withdrawal Agreement with Brussels would breach international law.

The head of the Government Legal Department, Sir Jonathan Jones, resigned amid reports he was “very unhappy” with the proposal.

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