British Prime Minister Theresa May on Monday won support from big business for her draft Brexit deal ahead of "intense negotiations" with Brussels in the coming week.
May told the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), the UK's main business lobby group, that she was "determined to deliver" her Brexit deal as she prepares for Sunday's European Council summit to sign Britain's divorce papers.
"We now have an intense week of negotiations ahead of us," she told some 1,000 business leaders at the CBI annual conference in central London.
"During that time I expect us to hammer out the full and final details of the framework that will underpin our future relationship.
"I am confident that we can strike a deal at the Council that I can take back to the House of Commons."
CBI chief Carolyn Fairbairn gave qualified support for May's draft deal, telling the conference that "it is not perfect, it is a compromise, but it is hard-won progress."
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