MPs reject Labour's plans in latest Brexit votes - BBC News

Labour's Brexit plans - which would see the UK joining a customs union with the EU - have been defeated by 323 to 240.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn had said his party will back another EU referendum if the plan was defeated.

MPs also rejected an SNP motion saying the UK should not leave the EU without a deal "under any circumstances" - by 324 to 288.

Labour MP Yvette Cooper's amendment, which the government supported, was backed by 502 votes to 20.

The amendment contained Theresa May's commitment on giving MPs a vote on delaying Brexit if both her deal and no-deal are rejected by MPs.

Mrs May announced this policy as she promised MPs a meaningful vote on her deal by 12 March.

The move was designed to head off a possible defeat when MPs voted on Ms Cooper's amendment.

Ms Cooper did not drop her amendment, because she wanted to hold Mrs May to her word - although the government has said it accepted the proposal.

Conservative MP Alberto Costa's amendment, which seeks to protect the rights of UK citizens in the EU and vice versa, even if there is a no-deal Brexit, was accepted by the House without a vote, after the government said they supported it.

Mr Costa said he was still forced resign as an aide to Scottish Secretary David Mundell because of a convention that members of the government cannot table amendments to government motions.

Conservative MP Caroline Spelman opted not to put her amendment - calling for the PM's promise to to give MPs a vote on delaying Brexit to be made legally binding - to the vote, after reassurances by the government.

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