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MPs back Government's Brexit timetable

MPs have voted by a majority of 372 to back the Government's plan to trigger Article 50 to begin the Brexit process by the end of March 2017.

Announcing the vote in the House of Commons, Speaker John Bercow, said that 461 had voted in favour, while 89 had voted against it.

MPs also voted in favour of a Labour amendment calling on the Government to publish its Brexit plan before formal talks begin no later than the end of March 2017.

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Gove: Remain MPs looking 'back in anger and remorse'

Michael Gove speaks in the Commons debate. Credit: House of Commons

Those who voted remain in the EU referendum are not setting out their plans for a post-Brexit Britain, Michael Gove has said.

The leave campaigner slammed MPs who supported remain saying that the majority continued to look "back in anger, remorse, and regret", and failed to look "forward optimistically".

During the impassioned speech Mr Gove ignored calls to give way for others to speak during the debate.

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