PUBLISHED: 17:09 07 June 2020 | UPDATED: 17:09 07 June 2020

Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds a freshly baked pie while wearing a 'get Brexit done' apron. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA.

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Boris Johnson reportedly wants to change the terms of the Brexit withdrawal agreement that he spent the general election promoting as oven-ready and ready-to-go.

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In November the prime minister said: This government has succeeded where no one thought we could. We not only got a new deal from our EU partners, but we got a great deal.

He added: After three and a half years of procrastination, we have a great new deal that is ready to go.

But now the UK government reportedly now claims that the agreement has unfair defects after acknowledging most of the deal was copied from Theresa Mays own deal she agreed with the EU.

One of the only changes in the document that Johnson praised surrounded the Northern Irish backstop.

The Sunday Express reports that sources close to UK chief negotiator David Frost say that the PM is looking to fix the deal.

He wants to make changes despite setting a deadline of the end of June to make progress in talks before the end of the transition period in December.

Unfortunately we couldnt fix every defect with the withdrawal agreement last autumn we had to prioritise abolishing the backstop and getting Brexit done in the face of a parliament that was trying to stop us, the source said.

Well now have to do our best to fix it but were starting with a clear disadvantage.

On Friday the EUs chief Brexit negiotator claimed that Johnson was trying to break the political declaration surrounding the withdrawal agreement.

But the UK government said otherwise - claiming that Barnier had misunderstood the purpose of the declaration.

Were committed to the political declaration, but we see it as guiding parameters it is not a treaty, they said.

In my dictionary means parameters means limits, it doesnt require us to agree to everything in it.

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Boris Johnson wants to 'fix' Brexit deal he once claimed was 'oven-ready' - The New European