Theresa May’s Brexit deal has suffered a record-breaking defeat in the House of Commons – and Labour has tabled a motion of no confidence in the government, which will take place on Wednesday evening.
The meaningful vote on the Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration was defeated, by 432 votes to 202, an opposition majority of 230. The largest previous defeat in modern history was in 1924, when Ramsay Macdonald’s minority Labour government was defeated by 166 votes.
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