Brexit: Draft agreement on future relationship right for UK, says May

(BBC) Theresa May has hailed the draft agreement on post-Brexit relations as "right for the whole of the UK" and insisted a deal "is within our grasp". The political declaration that outlines how UK-EU trade, security, and other issues will work has been "agreed in principle" according to the European Council. London and Brussels have already agreed to the draft terms of the UK's exit from the EU on the 29th of March 2019. The prime minister told MPs it would deliver what the Brexit people voted for. The agreement sets out the broad aspirations for the kind of relationship the UK and the EU will have after Brexit. Some of the wording of it is non-committal and allows both sides to keep their options open. The markets responded positively to this development with the British pound gaining 0.8% to close at $1.28, the strongest in more than a week, while the Euro climbed 0.2% to close at $1.14 today.