May Aims to Put Her Deal to Third Vote This Week: Brexit Update
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Theresa May aims to put her twice-defeated Brexit deal to another vote this week, amid signs some Brexit hardliners might be willing to back it. Parliament will vote on alternatives to May’s deal tonight. If they pick a softer Brexit with close ties to the bloc, it could end up pushing Brexiteers to support May’s compromise as the least-bad option.
Key Developments:
May addresses the influential 1922 Committee of Tory MPs at 5 p.m.
May’s aiming for a vote on her deal this week, with Friday the likeliest day. Her team says it won’t happen if she doesn’t think it has a good chance of winning
MPs vote on Brexit Plan B options from 7 p.m., with Speaker John Bercow expected to announce results after 9 p.m.: Read our guide
Labour is backing the options of a confirmatory referendum and the so-called Norway Plus option of single-market membership and a customs union
Conservative MPs have been told there’s no whip on this evening’s votes on Brexit options in the House of Commons, but that members of the Cabinet will abstain, according to Tory MP James Cartlidge.
That avoids the embarrassment of a large pro-Brexit rebellion from May’s backbenches, and the difficulty of ministers needing to resign to vote for a closer relationship with the EU.
