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PM Theresa May has barely kept her slim majority together during several Brexit bill amendments this week (Photo: UK Parliament/flickr)

May avoids defeat in key Brexit bill

British prime minister Theresa May narrowly avoided defeat in parliament on Tuesday night (17 July) by pro-European Conservative rebels who wanted to keep the option open of Britain remaining in the EU's customs union after Brexit in case of a no-deal divorce from the EU.

The vote means May can keep her promise to take Britain out of the customs alliance and make its own trade deals.

Pro-EU MPs saw staying in the customs union as a guarantee to preserving industrial and commerci...

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

PM Theresa May has barely kept her slim majority together during several Brexit bill amendments this week (Photo: UK Parliament/flickr)

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

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