WORCESTER’S MP has written a passionate statement backing Prime Minister Theresa May’s deal saying he will vote for it in the “interests of Worcester”.

Parliament will vote on whether to accept or reject the terms of the UK's withdrawal and future relations negotiated by the PM on December 11, with many forecasting it won't get through the Commons.

But Robin Walker, a minister in the Department for Exiting the European Union, wrote: "I have worked on it with determination over the last two-and-a-half years and I will continue to work to deliver it in the months ahead.

"I am very clear that it is better for Worcester and for the UK to achieve this deal."

Mr Walker said he had never "pretended that the process would be easy", but called it a good deal "with our neighbours and with the UK’s position as a highly respected country which does things properly - respecting the rule of law and meeting its obligations."

"It is no surprise that the deal that our PM has brought back from negotiations is controversial," he said.

"It was never going to satisfy everyone. What I have sought to do is to focus on our vital national interests. At the end of the day the agreement which has been reached does involve compromises. This was always going to be the case. To achieve Brexit without any compromise might have satisfied a small proportion of those who voted to leave but it would not have delivered the prosperity they were promised.

"To ignore the wishes of more than 17 million people nationally or 29,000 in Worcester and stay in the EU, would be a betrayal of democracy. We have to find a way to deliver on both the referendum and the economic prosperity of our country - the negotiated agreements offer this. On March 29, 2019 we will leave - let’s do it with this deal and all the certainty that this will provide."

New Labour Parliamentary candidate Lynn Denham said: "From what I've seen you wouldn't have thought the deal will get through parliament, which will create uncertainty."