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No Deal was effectively taken off the table tonight as MPs voted that it should never be allowed to happen.

In a fresh humiliation for Theresa May, a rebel amendment to rule out No Deal in all circumstances passed - setting the stage for a delay to Brexit amid fears Britain's exit could be cancelled altogether.

MPs voted 312 to 308 in defiance of the Tory whips attempt to quash the plan to scrap No Deal for good. Mrs May had wanted to only rule it out on March 29 but keep it on the table for further talks.

The Commons then immediately rejected a Brexiteer plan to try and secure radical 11th hour concessions from Brussels ahead of a delayed No Deal on May 22. MPs voted 374 to 164 against the plan.