The House of Commons has voted in favour of ruling out a no-deal Brexit after voting by a margin of 318 to 310 in favour of Caroline Spelman and Jack Dromey's amendment to the Withdrawal Agreement.
The agreement, which is not legally binding, proposes to add the words "[Parliament] rejects the United Kingdom leaving the European Union without a Withdrawal Agreement and a Framework for the Future Relationship" to Prime Minister Theresa May's final motion. Prime Minister Theresa May will now return to Brussels in an attempt to renegotiate aspects of her Brexit deal before returning to Parliament for further debate and voting on 13 and 14 February. In the wake of the result, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said he and his party would now be willing to engage with the Prime Minister on...
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