May says that MPs will have vote on a no-Deal or Article 50 extension if deal is rejected

Theresa May has told the House of Commons that if her Brexit deal is rejected on March 12 she will then present MPs with further votes on a no-deal Brexit or on extending Article 50

Speaking in the House of Commons at 12.40 on Tuesday, the British prime minister said that MPs and business were worried that “time is running out” and parliament needed to have its voice heard on the way forward.

Mrs May said the “meaningful vote” on the withdrawal agreement would take place on March 12.

If that vote is lost again then there will be a fresh vote on March 13 to discuss no-deal Brexit. “The UK will only leave without a deal if…there is specific consent from this House,” she said.

If that proposal is rejected there will be a further vote on March 14 to discuss a “short limited extension to Article 50”, she said.

The initiative is the first time that Britain’s prime minister has openly accepted that the government could delay Brexit, having insisted for months that Britain would leave the EU on March 29 without a deal if necessary.

Via FT