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Adam Payne
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Hmm. Ken Clarke asks the PM to commit to holding indicative votes next week. She appears to say no - argues that the HoC has already had lots of votes on alternatives to her deal. Deputy PM David Lidington had given MPs a different impression.
PM pressed on indicative votes by Ed Miliband. Again she says the HoC has already had opportunities to vote for alternatives. She may have no choice but to facilitate them however - Stephen Kinnock told me this morning that MPs are planning to table a new version of Cooper-Benn.
Yvette Cooper: “I beg this prime minister to think again.” Her, Miliband and other Labour MPs look incandescent with the PM after her refusal to commit to indicative votes.
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Adam Payne
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Big news on Labour whipping for indicative votes:

• Labour MPs *whipped* to vote FOR: Corbyn’s alt plan, Beckett’s public vote, and the 2 customs union amendments (Snell, Clarke)

• Corbyn will be voting FOR Common Market 2.0 and is “encouraging” Labour MPs to do the same
There's some annoyance among Common Market 2.0 backers that Corbyn isn't whipping for it (yet)

"Labour whip and Tory free votes and we would’ve done some serious damage today," one MP supporting it says
Starmer says Common Market 2.0 is not Labour's "preferred" Brexit *but*...

"We do recognise that it would deliver a close economic relationship with European Union.. It'd protect jobs... It is credible and deliverable. It should remain an option."
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Adam Payne
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The People’s Vote campaign has published new material which takes aim at the Brexit models being voted on today, including Common Market 2.0 and Labour’s CU plan.

“A PV is not one option in this Brexit crisis, it is a reasonable and democratic solution to the crisis.”
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People’s Vote MP Margaret Beckett says that she’d be prepared to vote for “some form” of Brexit deal to avoid no-deal, as long as it goes back to the people for a referendum.
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Adam Payne
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The EU must be wondering why they bothered
I take it back! In all seriousness, that’s a massive result, both in terms of Brexit (paves the way to a softer deal) and historical precedent. HMG has well and truly lost control now. For the PM to lose the likes of Morgan, Green is a disaster.
A minister says this “probably” leads to MPs backing Common Market 2.0 or something similar
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