May pushes on with Brexit plan despite calls for vote delay
Theresa May will push ahead with a crucial vote on her European Union exit deal ahead of a crucial House of Commons vote on Tuesday.
Senior MPs in her own party piled pressure on the British prime minister to go back to Brussels and seek a better offer.
May's deal, which would see Britain keep close economic ties with the EU, looks set to be rejected by parliament on Tuesday. That decision could throw plans for Britain's exit into turmoil and leave her own political future hanging in the balance.
The Sunday Times reported May was expected to say on Monday that she was delaying the vote to make a last-minute dash to Brussels to appeal to the EU to improve the deal.
With the country deeply divided, thousands of protesters joined a pro-Brexit march in central London on Sunday to demonstrate against May's deal. To the east of the city the "People's Vote" group held a rally calling for a second referendum.
"The vote is on Tuesday, that is what we are focused on," Brexit minister Stephen Barclay told BBC TV on Sunday.
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