Theresa May under pressure as MPs reject Brexit deal for a second time

Senior Tories could ask prime minister to stand down this week

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Theresa May's Brexit deal has been rejected by MPs by an overwhelming majority for a second time.

With just 17 days to go to the Brexit deadline, MPs voted down the Prime Minister's deal by 149, in what The Guardian describes as a “catastrophic defeat”.

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