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Brexit: Theresa May U-turns and says Government will reveal plans before Article 50 is triggered Brexit: Theresa May U-turns and says Government will reveal plans before Article 50 is triggered
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Theresa May has backed down and agreed to Labour’s call to publish her Brexit plan – but will also demand that all MPs back her Article 50 timetable. Theresa May has agreed to a Labour demand to lift the lid on her Brexit strategy to avoid an embarrassing Commons defeat tomorrow.
More to follow With just moments to go before a Parliamentary deadline, the Prime Minister accepted a motion that she must set out “the Government’s plan for leaving the EU before Article 50 is invoked”.
However, her carefully-crafted amendment also sought to box Labour in by adding key words that mean the party will also be backing her Article 50 timetable if it votes for the motion.
They read: “That this House should respect the wishes of the United Kingdom as expressed in the referendum on 23 June; and further calls on the Government to invoke Article 50 by 31 March 2017.”
Some jubilant Conservative MPs were convinced their leadership had cleverly put Labour in an awkward position – by requiring it to vote for the timetable for the first time.
However, Jenny Chapman, Labour’s junior Brexit spokeswoman, poured scorn on the idea that the government had “thrown down a gauntlet”.
She tweeted: “Labour won argument for publishing Brexit plan. The Govt's so-called gauntlet more of a soggy mitten as have already said we won't block A50.”
Furthermore, even if MPs vote for Ms May’s amendment, the motion is not binding – so it will not by itself trigger Article 50, the EU’s exit notice.