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Brexit: PM says MPs have 'one last chance' to back her deal Brexit: PM says MPs have 'one last chance' to back her deal
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Theresa May has told MPs they have "one last chance" to deliver Brexit, as she set out a "new Brexit deal". Theresa May has said MPs have "one last chance" to deliver Brexit, urging them to back what she said was a "new deal".
MPs will get a vote on whether to hold another referendum if they back the EU Withdrawal Agreement Bill, she said.MPs will get a vote on whether to hold another referendum if they back the EU Withdrawal Agreement Bill, she said.
The bill also contains new guarantees on workers' rights, environmental protections and the Irish backstop as well a customs "compromise". The bill also contains new guarantees on workers' rights, environmental protections and the Northern Irish border as well a customs "compromise".
If MPs reject the bill, she warned them a negotiated exit would be "dead in the water" and Brexit could be stopped. Labour said it was a "rehash" of existing plans and Tory Brexiteers took to social media to vent their anger.
But the Democratic Unionists said the proposals were still "fundamentally flawed" while ex-Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith described the plan as a "bad buffet of non Brexit options". Jacob Rees-Mogg said what was on offer was "worse than before", while Zac Goldsmith said the bill was a "convoluted mess" and the prime minister - who has offered to quit once a Brexit agreement is approved by Parliament - should leave now.
MPs have rejected the withdrawal agreement negotiated with the EU three times.MPs have rejected the withdrawal agreement negotiated with the EU three times.
In what is seen as a last roll of the dice, Mrs May is now bringing the Withdrawal Agreement Bill - legislation required to bring the agreement into UK law - to Parliament in early June.In what is seen as a last roll of the dice, Mrs May is now bringing the Withdrawal Agreement Bill - legislation required to bring the agreement into UK law - to Parliament in early June.
In a speech in London, the prime minister said the deadlock over Brexit was having a "corrosive" impact on the country and stopping progress in other areas. In a speech in London, the prime minister said the deadlock over Brexit was having a "corrosive" impact on political debate in the country and stopping progress in other areas.
"The biggest problem with Britain today is its politics. We can fix that. "The majority of MPs say they want to deliver the result of the referendum... and I believe there is now one last chance to do that," she said.
"We are making a new offer to find common ground in Parliament. That is the only way to deliver Brexit.""We are making a new offer to find common ground in Parliament. That is the only way to deliver Brexit."
The key points of the PM's revised plan are:The key points of the PM's revised plan are:
While she personally opposed another referendum on the terms of Brexit, the PM said she recognised the "genuine and sincere" feelings on the issue in Parliament.While she personally opposed another referendum on the terms of Brexit, the PM said she recognised the "genuine and sincere" feelings on the issue in Parliament.
She urged MPs to back the Withdrawal Agreement Bill at its first parliamentary hurdle in and then "make the case" for another public vote when the bill was examined in detail.She urged MPs to back the Withdrawal Agreement Bill at its first parliamentary hurdle in and then "make the case" for another public vote when the bill was examined in detail.
Under the plan, Parliament will get to decide on the shape of future customs arrangements with the EU after cross-party talks failed to find a solution.Under the plan, Parliament will get to decide on the shape of future customs arrangements with the EU after cross-party talks failed to find a solution.
Appealing to MPs to back her plan, she said it would honour the 2016 referendum result, adding: "I have compromised, now I ask you to compromise too." She said a negotiated exit would be "dead in the water" if MPs rejected the plan, imploring them by saying "I have compromised, now I ask you to compromise too".
Tory Brexiteers responded sceptically to the PM's new plan. Members of the cabinet, which earlier backed the plan, said they hoped the fresh concessions would galvanise Parliament.
Mr Duncan Smith said it left the EU "firmly in control of our destiny" while Anne-Marie accused Mrs May of "trying to ram her botched deal through on Labour votes by keeping us in the customs union and allowing Brussels to dictate our future trade policy". International Trade Secretary Liam Fox said it was "crunch time" and by backing the bill, MPs would be able to shape "what sort of Brexit they want".
The SNP and Change UK have also said they will vote against the bill. 'Dead in the water'
But Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said he would not support the bill and could not see how it would get through Parliament.
"It's basically a rehash of what was discussed before and it doesn't make any fundamental moves on market alignment or the customs union or indeed protection of rights," he said.
"There's also, of course, the question of the deliverability of it. The prime minister has already indicated she's going to leave office."
Tory Brexiteers responded angrily to the PM's new plan. Former minister Andrew Percy, who backed her Brexit agreement on three previous occasions, said he would not do so now.
Iain Duncan Smith said it left the EU "firmly in control of our destiny" while Anne-Marie Trevelyan accused Mrs May of "trying to ram her botched deal through on Labour votes by keeping us in the customs union and allowing Brussels to dictate our future trade policy".
The Democratic Unionists, who keep Mrs May's government in power, said the plans were still "fundamentally flawed".
And Labour's Peter Kyle, one of the chief supporters of another referendum in his party, said Mrs May's promises could easily be reversed by her successor.
He said what was being offered was a "strange complex process" rather than a "clean, simple confirmatory ballot on her deal".
The SNP said they could not support any plan which took the UK out of the single market while the Lib Dems said Mrs May did not have the political authority to guarantee any of her proposals would ever happen.