MPs put brakes on Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal with rebel amendment
PM says he will press ahead with legislation next week, but is obliged to request extension
MPs have inflicted a humiliating defeat on Boris Johnson by passing a backbench amendment withholding their support from his Brexit deal.
Instead of backing Johnson’s agreement in a “meaningful vote”, MPs passed an amendment tabled by a cross-party group of MPs led by Oliver Letwin by 322 votes to 306 – a majority of 16.