Voters can use the next general election to have
their say on a final Brexit deal, Michael Gove has
said.

The environment secretary praised Theresa May's
"tenacity and skill" in securing a last-minute deal to end
phase one negotiations on Friday.

But, writing in the Daily Telegraph , he said if British
people "dislike the arrangement", they can change it.

Reports suggest the cabinet will meet on 19 December to discuss its "end state" plans for Brexit.

Mr Gove, one of the cabinet's leading Brexiteers, said the primary agreement between the two sides had "set the scene for phase two" negotiations - where issues such as trade will be discussed.

But he said that "nothing is agreed until everything is
agreed" at the end of the process, and the British people
would then "be in control" to make the government
change direction if they were unhappy.


"By the time of the next election, EU law and any new
treaty with the EU will cease to have primacy or direct
effect in UK law," said Mr Gove.

"If the British people dislike the arrangement that we
have negotiated with the EU, the agreement will allow a
future government to diverge."

'Breakthrough'

Friday's deal between Theresa May and European
Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker agreed on
three key aspects:

No "hard border" between Northern Ireland and the
Republic

The rights of EU citizens in the UK and UK citizens in
the EU to live, work and study will be protected. The
agreement includes reunification rights for relatives
who do not live in the UK to join them in their host
country in the future

The so-called "divorce bill" will amount to between
£35bn and £39bn, Downing Street sources say. This
includes budget contributions during a two-year
"transition" period after the UK leaves the EU in
March 2019


Mr Juncker said it was a "breakthrough" and he was
confident EU leaders would approve it at a European
Council summit next week.

Talks can then move onto a transition deal to cover a
period of up to two years after Brexit and the "framework for the future relationship" - preliminary discussions about a future trade deal.


However, the EU says a deal can only be finalised once
the UK has left the EU.

A final withdrawal treaty and transition deal will have to
be ratified by the EU nations and the UK Parliament,
before the UK leaves in March 2019.


Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party, whose
opposition on Monday led to talks breaking down, said
there was still "more work to be done" on the border
issue and how it votes on the final deal "will depend on
its contents".