Brexit: Checkers are not dead, Liam Fox insists Theresa May's Brexit plan is "not dead," a senior official said, despite concessions made to Conservative MPs to avoid a House of Commons. The government won three votes twice after accepting Brexite's requests to amend the wording of the Customs Bill. Liam Fox stated that he had not changed policies since the amendments had been "deleted". and pasted "from the Prime Minister's Checkers plan." He also warned pro-European conservatives against "referendum referral." The International Trade Secretary told the BBC that feelings were but some Conservatives' calls to stay in a customs union, which will be voted on later, would send a completely wrong message to the EU. The UK must leave the EU on March 29 2019 but has not yet agreed on how its final relations with the bloc will work. The government, which does not have the majority of municipalities, has been under pressure from MPs Both sides Brexit Debate The government has survived twice on Monday after three votes after a reaction by pro-EU conservatives who accused the prime minister of "yielding" to eurosceptic MEPs. Ministers accepted a series of requests from Brexiters who are dissatisfied with the work plan of Prime Minister Checkers for future relations with the EU, believing that he keeps the UK too closely linked to the bloc. The pro-EU wing of the party who refused to support the new amendments, saying that they would undermine the negotiating position recently announced by the United Kingdom. 305 votes to 302 – with 14 rebels rebelling – MEPs back an amendment that prevents the UK from collecting taxes from the EU, unless the rest of the EU do the same for the UK. The application of EU tariffs to products destined for the EU is part of May's plan to avoid British border frictions after Brexit. Ensuring that the UK came out of the EU VAT regime, was supported by 303 to 300, with a conservative rebellion of 11. Three Labor MPs voted with the government. Sir Vince Cable and Tim Farron, the current and past leaders of Lib Dem, who did not vote, did not vote. MPs will continue to debate Brexit on Tuesday when the trade bill reaches the Commons. the power to build new trade relations in the world after the departure of the UK from the EU, and the deputies who support the EU customs union seek to change its wording "Strong feelings" on both sides Media legend Anna Soubry criticized her colleagues who have a "gold-plated pension" and support the Brexit Conservative MP Heidi Allen said she wanted the Prime Minister to "renounce the amendments". " She told the BBC Radio 4's Today program:" What was agreed at Checkers was not perfect for us, was not perfect for Leavers either, but I think that the Prime Minister had worked exceptionally hard to put in the EU and go from the front of the "We were all ready [on the Remain side] to give up all our amendments and support them, then suddenly we have had these last-minute rather extreme maneuvers, which seem to be diverting the prime minister from his plan and we were not " But Mr. Fox said the amendments" did not differ much "from the position When asked if Checkers' plan was dead, he told Today's BBC Radio 4 "I do not think so." "The wording of the white paper was that the UK and the EU should agree together on a transfer mechanism of "As far as I could see the amendment looked like a copy-paste piece of the white paper. " He said that the government might "not please everyone" and there were compromises, but Brexit was backed by 17.4 million people in a referendum and in the US. a law implementing this decision approved by the deputies "I do not understand why people think that it lacks democratic legitimacy. Little leeway Copyright of the author Picture Getty Images Laura Kuenssberg, editor-in-chief of the BBC It looks messy because it's a brothel It becomes more and more more difficult for the Prime Minister to put things in Parliament – and even if the calls for a second referendum are largely rejected, this feeling could change if this kind of stalemate continues to make compromises She has a divided party and no majority There is no easy choice [1 9659002] But the Conservative party's divisions are reducing its room for maneuver every day. In a debate of principle, the problem for some is that the compromise is a big word Read the blog of Laura Who has rebelled? Conservative rebels were Monday longtime pro-EU MP Ken Clarke, Heidi Allen, Guto Bebb, Richard Benyon, Jonathan Djanogly, Dominic Grieve, Stephen Hammond, Philip Lee, Nicky Morgan, Robert Neill, Mark Pawsey, Antoinette Sandbach, Anna Soubry and Sarah Wollaston The three Labor MPs who rebelled against their Frank Field, Kate Hoey and Graham Stringer, who are all pro-Brexit, voted for the party The Old Labor MP Kelvin Hopkins, who now sits as an independent, also supported the government on one of the amendments. 19659012] How did the EU react? Katya Adler, editor-in-chief of BBC Europe, said that the EU's priority was to make sure that the deal was made rather than being a "cliff top". She said today: "They are following all the ins and outs, and all the turbulence, in British politics extremely cautiously."

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