Article 3ATVC Theresa May to back Brexit compromise to quell rebellion over date

Theresa May to back Brexit compromise to quell rebellion over date

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Anushka Asthana, Daniel Boffey and Jennifer Rankin
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To avoid second Commons defeat, PM will throw weight behind amendment giving MPs power to amend deadline if EU27 agree

Theresa May is ready to throw her weight behind a Brexit compromise from Conservative MPs in order to quell a growing rebellion over the government's attempt to enshrine the date of Britain's EU departure in EU law.

The prime minister will support an amendment that leaves the Brexit deadline in place but gives MPs the power to push it back if the EU27 agree, in order to avoid a second humiliating Commons defeat.

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