Theresa May postpones Brexit final vote for March 12th – More Cabinet splits expected

MPs may have to wait until 12 March for a meaningful vote on the government’s final Brexit deal, Theresa May has said, in an intervention which will deepen splits in her cabinet.

The prime minister confirmed on Sunday that she would not hold the crucial vote this week as she flew to Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt, where she is due to discuss Brexit on the margins of an EU summit with Arab leaders.

It comes in a critical week for May, when many in the House of Commons had been expecting to vote on her deal.

Without a reworked withdrawal agreement to bring back to MPs, the prime minister has promised to table an amendable motion – which will allow backbenchers another chance to try to block a no-deal Brexit.

May said: “My team will be back in Brussels on Tuesday. As a result of that, we won’t bring a meaningful vote to parliament this week, but we will ensure that that happens by 12 of March. But it’s still within our grasp to leave the EU by the 29th of March and that is what we are planning to do.”

Via The Guardian