Theresa May sets January date for MPs’ Brexit vote (BBC)

MPs will vote on the UK’s Brexit deal in the week beginning 14 January, Theresa May has told Parliament.

The vote was due to be held last week but was put on hold after Theresa May admitted she was set to lose.

Announcing a new date, Mrs May said the EU had made it clear the Irish backstop was “not a plot to trap the UK” and urged MPs to see Brexit through.

Labour had threatened to force a confidence vote in the PM if she did not set a date for the vote.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said Mrs May had “led the country into a national crisis” and she no longer had cabinet backing. Read more