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| Damian Green resigns - live updates: Theresa May's deputy quits as MPs prepare to vote on Brexit Bill | |
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| Damian Green has resigned as the First Secretary of State after admitting he made “misleading” statements about pornography found on his Commons computer. | |
| Mr Green described allegations that he downloaded or viewed pornography on his parliamentary computer as "unfounded and deeply hurtful", but admitted he had not been clear in his past statements on the issue. | |
| Meanwhile, Theresa May has been accused of trying to wriggle out of giving MPs a "meaningful vote" on the terms of the Brexit deal, after she repeatedly dodged calls to guarantee it by senior MPs. | |
| Ms May underwent a 90-minute grilling by the Liaison Committee - the only Commons committee able to compel the Prime Minister to give evidence - where Brexit, social care and sexual harassment featured heavily on the agenda. | Ms May underwent a 90-minute grilling by the Liaison Committee - the only Commons committee able to compel the Prime Minister to give evidence - where Brexit, social care and sexual harassment featured heavily on the agenda. |
| She also faced Jeremy Corbyn for the last Prime Minister's Questions clash of the year, where Ms May struggled on homelessness figures before admitting that Brexit could be delayed in "exceptional circumstances". | She also faced Jeremy Corbyn for the last Prime Minister's Questions clash of the year, where Ms May struggled on homelessness figures before admitting that Brexit could be delayed in "exceptional circumstances". |
| Rounding off the day, MPs are debating the eighth - and final - day of the EU (Withdrawal) Bill's committee stage, where efforts to amend the bill by Tory rebels appear to have been thwarted by the Government. | Rounding off the day, MPs are debating the eighth - and final - day of the EU (Withdrawal) Bill's committee stage, where efforts to amend the bill by Tory rebels appear to have been thwarted by the Government. |
| For all the latest updates, see below: | For all the latest updates, see below: |