Brexit: Theresa May should resign if she loses no-confidence vote, influential parliamentary committee concludes
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Brexit: Theresa May should resign if she loses no-confidence vote, influential parliamentary committee concludes

The Independent  

Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “We have made clear, for both MPs and the public, what would be expected to happen if the House were to express 'no confidence' in the government.” Should the Conservatives be unable to choose a new prime minister, an election could then be held under laws of the 2011 Act. Crucially, in its report, the committee says that provision “in no way affects the fundamental principle that the government's authority to govern rests on the confidence of the House, however it chooses to express it”. “In the event that no alternative person can be found, it remains available to the House to bring about an early general election.” The report came as the Liberal Democrats, the SNP, Plaid Cymru and the Greens joined forces to demand Labour table a motion of no confidence in the government this week. But, the joint letter says: “The government’s inability to pass its Brexit deal through parliament, as witnessed by Theresa May’s withdrawal of her own motion in parliament yesterday, leaves no option for us as leaders of opposition parties but to present a confidence motion.

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