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| Brexit: Theresa May refuses unconditional support for next PM | |
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| Theresa May has refused to promise unconditional support for her successor's Brexit plan. | Theresa May has refused to promise unconditional support for her successor's Brexit plan. |
| Asked if she would back whichever Brexit outcome the next prime minister achieves, including a no-deal Brexit, she said that amounted to agreeing to "whatever happens in future". | Asked if she would back whichever Brexit outcome the next prime minister achieves, including a no-deal Brexit, she said that amounted to agreeing to "whatever happens in future". |
| Jeremy Hunt or Boris Johnson will be announced the winner of the Tory Party leadership race on 23 July. | Jeremy Hunt or Boris Johnson will be announced the winner of the Tory Party leadership race on 23 July. |
| Both men have said they would try to renegotiate a deal with the EU. | Both men have said they would try to renegotiate a deal with the EU. |
| Speaking to journalists on her official flight to the G20 summit in Osaka, Mrs May said: "It is important that we deliver a Brexit that is good for the British people. | Speaking to journalists on her official flight to the G20 summit in Osaka, Mrs May said: "It is important that we deliver a Brexit that is good for the British people. |
| "It will be up to my successor to take this forward. To find the majority in Parliament that I was not able to find and to deliver the decision of the British people in 2016." | "It will be up to my successor to take this forward. To find the majority in Parliament that I was not able to find and to deliver the decision of the British people in 2016." |
| Mr Johnson has said the UK must leave on 31 October "deal or no deal" but Mr Hunt called this a "fake deadline" that could trigger a general election if Parliament rejects a no-deal Brexit. | |
| A no-deal exit would see the UK leave the customs union and single market overnight and start trading with the EU on World Trade Organization rules. | |
| On Monday, Defence Minister Tobias Ellwood said "a dozen or so" Conservative MPs could support a vote of no confidence to stop a no-deal Brexit. | On Monday, Defence Minister Tobias Ellwood said "a dozen or so" Conservative MPs could support a vote of no confidence to stop a no-deal Brexit. |
| Mrs May said she believed it would be wrong for Conservatives to vote against the government on a confidence motion - defeat on such a vote could lead to a general election. | |
| Mrs May told reporters: "I believe there should be a Conservative government in the UK because a Conservative government would be better for the people of the UK." | Mrs May told reporters: "I believe there should be a Conservative government in the UK because a Conservative government would be better for the people of the UK." |
| 'Grossly irresponsible' | |
| In an attempt to block a no-deal Brexit, Conservative Dominic Grieve and Labour's Dame Margaret Beckett have tabled an amendment to an Estimates Day motion, which would stop funding going to certain government departments. | |
| Estimates Days are when MPs debate and vote on the spending plans of government departments. | |
| A spokesman for the prime minister said it would be "greatly irresponsible" to seek to stop a no-deal Brexit by blocking government spending. |