In Britain, lawmakers voted in favour of an amendment in BREXIT plan seeking alternative arrangements to replace the Irish border arrangement known as the Irish backstop.<br />''<br />''With this, PM Theresa May will try to renegotiate the Brexit treaty with European Union. The amendment calls for the backstop to be replaced with unspecified &quot;alternative arrangements&quot; to avoid the reintroduction of border checks in Ireland.<br />''<br />''However, European Union has repeatedly said it does not want to reopen the treaty, which has been signed off by the other 27 EU leaders, and said the &quot;backstop&quot; was needed as a guarantee to ensure there can be no return to a hard border between Ireland and the British province of Northern Ireland.<br />''<br />''The backstop is aimed at keeping an open border between European Union-member Ireland and British-ruled Northern Ireland after Brexit.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Another amendment, rejecting a no-deal Brexit, also won the support of Parliament yesterday. The vote was non-binding and the date for Brexit remains 29 March.</span>
News On AIR | January 30, 2019 8:32 AM
UK Parliament approves Brexit amendment on replacing Irish backstop