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Brexit: Vote on Theresa May's deal may not happen next week
Source: BBC
Brexit: Vote on Theresa May's deal may not happen next week
22 March 2019
Theresa May has told MPs that a third vote on her Brexit deal may not take place next week "if it appears there is not sufficient support".
It comes after European Council President Donald Tusk said Brexit's fate was "in Britain's hands".
EU leaders have agreed to delay the departure date by at least two weeks.
If MPs approve the PM's deal next week, Brexit would be delayed from 29 March until 22 May. Otherwise the UK has until 12 April to make a new plan.
In a letter to all MPs on Friday evening, Mrs May said: "If it appears that there is not sufficient support to bring the deal back next week, or the House (of Commons) rejects it again, we can ask for another extension before 12 April - but that will involve holding European Parliament elections."
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22 March 2019
Theresa May has told MPs that a third vote on her Brexit deal may not take place next week "if it appears there is not sufficient support".
It comes after European Council President Donald Tusk said Brexit's fate was "in Britain's hands".
EU leaders have agreed to delay the departure date by at least two weeks.
If MPs approve the PM's deal next week, Brexit would be delayed from 29 March until 22 May. Otherwise the UK has until 12 April to make a new plan.
In a letter to all MPs on Friday evening, Mrs May said: "If it appears that there is not sufficient support to bring the deal back next week, or the House (of Commons) rejects it again, we can ask for another extension before 12 April - but that will involve holding European Parliament elections."
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-47675261
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Related: Theresa May's letter to MPs in full (BBC)