Cameron accepts TTIP amendment to mollify rebel Tory MPs

Revolt over lack of bill to protect NHS from EU trade deal threatened PM with first defeat on Queen's speech since 1924

David Cameron has moved to quell a rebellion by Conservative Eurosceptics over a controversial trade deal between the EU and US, after he faced the first government defeat on a Queen's speech since 1924.

The prime minister has been forced to accept a critical amendment about the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) after it was signed by 25 Tory backbenchers, and backed by Labour, SNP and Green MPs.

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