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CostaBlancaPeople 12th-18th February 2019
May to urge MPs for more time to negotiate deal Theresa May is to urge MPs to give her more time to seek changes to her Brexit deal.
in the Commons, according to reports in the press. Meanwhile, shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer said that Labour plans to force the PM into a second meaningful
The Prime Minister is expected to pledge to MPs that she will return to the Commons later this month and give them another vote on what should happen next. The move is intended to buy time to continue negotiating with EU leaders after her deal was overwhelmingly voted down
vote by the end of the month. He said the opposition party will use a Commons amendment to require the Prime Minister to hold another vote on her deal by 26th February. The move is in response to fears that
Mrs May is engaged in a "cynical" attempt to run down the clock before the 29th March Brexit date in order to leave MPs with a stark choice of accepting her deal or crashing out of the European Union without any agreement. But Downing Street is set to reassure MPs by promising another vote where they can put forward alternative options by 27th February. If no deal on the changes to the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement has been reached with Brussels by tomorrow (Wednesday), as seems overwhelmingly likely, Mrs May will address MPs on progress made, say more time is needed for negotiations, and table a "neutral motion" for debate the following day. Sir Keir's new deadline is expected to be one of a range of amendments tabled for votes on Valentine's Day.
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