February 8, 2017 8:33 AM

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United Kingdom: Govt agrees to give lawmakers chance to discuss and vote on final Brexit deal

In United Kingdom, Prime Minister Theresa May's government has agreed to give lawmakers a chance and vote on the final Brexit deal before it is concluded with Brussels. <br/><br/>But warned they could not stop Britain leaving the EU. The concession avoided a rebellion in May's ruling Conservative party over a bill empowering the prime minister to start formal exit negotiations, a move she has promised to make by the end of March.<br/><br/>The government warned, however, that if parliament rejected the terms of the final deal, including any agreement on a new trading relationship with the EU, Britain would still leave the bloc.<br/>Brexit minister David Jones told the House of Commons that this will be a meaningful vote. <br/><br/>He said, it will be a choice between leaving the European Union with a negotiated deal or not. Ms May had previously promised a vote in parliament before the deal comes into force, but conceded this would now take place before it was concluded

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