Theresa May tells MPs she will stand down if her Brexit deal passes
“I am prepared to leave this job earlier than I intended in order to do what is right for our country and our party.
Speaker John Bercow warned the government against bringing forward the same deal for a third time. Photograph: House of Commons/PA Wire But the prime minister herself, along with her Cabinet ministers, will abstain in the “indicative votes”, whips have indicated. Mr Bercow said he understood that the government was considering bringing its twice-defeated deal back to parliament for a vote on Thursday or Friday.Wednesday’s events follow Monday’s vote to allow MPs to take control of the parliamentary timetable in an attempt to break the deadlock over Brexit by seeking a cross-party solution.
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