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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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Rees-Mogg: Debate is Labour's ploy to stop Brexit

Jacob Rees-Mogg Credit: House of Commons

Labour have called for Wednesday's Brexit debate in the House of Commons in an attempt to "reject the decision made by the British people" in the EU referendum, Jacob Rees-Mogg has said.

Mr Rees-Mogg said Brexit was being "delayed" by applications to the court and by calls for it to be carried out slowly.

In a fiery speech the MP for North East Somerset said the wishes of the public must be "obeyed" rather than ignored as the Opposition wished.

The Conservative MP said that by agreeing to publish a Brexit plan before Article 50 is triggered, the Government had left the opposition in trouble, or as he put it, the Government had "cooked the opposition's goose"..

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