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		</div><p><b>Update 16.40pm:</b> British Prime Minister Theresa May said her Withdrawal Agreement Bill will include a vote by MPs on whether to hold a second referendum.</p>
<p>The Withdrawal Agreement Bill will go to the Commons in early June, with defeat likely to hasten Mrs May’s departure as the UK&#8217;s Prime Minister.</p>
<p>&#8220;I recognise the genuine and sincere strength of feeling across the House on this important issue.</p>
<p>&#8220;The Government will therefore include in the Withdrawal Agreement Bill at introduction a requirement to vote on whether to hold a second referendum and this must take place before the Withdrawal Agreement can be ratified.&#8221;</p>
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<p>Mrs May warned this was the last chance to avoid &#8220;a nightmare future of permanently polarised politics&#8221; and her deal would be guaranteed to last for &#8220;at least this Parliament&#8221;.</p>
<p>She said: &#8220;If MPs vote against the second reading of this Bill they are voting to stop Brexit.</p>
<p>&#8220;If they do so the consequences could hardly be greater &#8211; reject this deal and leaving the EU with a negotiated deal any time soon will be dead in the water and what would we do then?</p>
<p>&#8220;&#8230; If not no-deal then it would have to be a general election or a second referendum that could lead to revocation and no Brexit at all.&#8221;</p>
<p>As she ended the speech, Mrs May said: “This is a huge opportunity for the United Kingdom.</p>
<p>“Out of the EU. Out of ever-closer union. Free to do things differently. And doing so in a way that protects jobs, protects our security, maintains a close relationship with our friends and works for the whole United Kingdom.</p>
<p>“It is practical. It is responsible. It is deliverable. And right now, it is slipping away from us. We risk losing a great opportunity.”</p>
<h2>Latest: Theresa May says new Brexit deal &#8216;listened to Unionist concerns&#8217; about backstop</h2>
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<p><b>Update 4.20pm:</b> British Prime Minister Theresa May has said there is &#8220;one last chance&#8221; to help MPs deliver the result of the 2016 referendum, as she offered a &#8220;new Brexit deal&#8221;.</p>
<p>Mrs May is outlining her latest plan to push her Withdrawal Agreement through Britain&#8217;s Parliament on the fourth attempt and see the UK achieve Brexit.</p>
<p>The speech follows a UK Cabinet meeting where two hours was spent discussing the Brexit plan, with Mrs May’s spokesman acknowledging there were “strong opinions” around the table but also a “determination” to get a deal through Parliament.</p>
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<p>The Withdrawal Agreement Bill will go to the Commons in early June, with defeat likely to hasten Mrs May’s departure from Number 10.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">WATCH LIVE: PM <a href="https://twitter.com/theresa_may?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Theresa_May</a> gives a speech on the new Brexit deal <a href="https://t.co/OJ2R78BPeJ">https://t.co/OJ2R78BPeJ</a></p>
<p>&mdash; UK Prime Minister (@10DowningStreet) <a href="https://twitter.com/10DowningStreet/status/1130853632600039425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 21, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Mrs May began her speech just after 4pm, recounting her efforts over the past two years to achieve Brexit.</p>
<p>Mrs May said the new Brexit deal will seek to conclude alternative arrangements for the Irish backstop by December 2020.</p>
<p>She said: &#8220;Although it&#8217;s not possible for (alternative arrangements) to replace the backstop in the Withdrawal Agreement, we can start the work now to ensure they are a viable alternative.</p>
<p>So as part of the new Brexit deal we will place the Government under a legal obligation to seek to conclude alternative arrangements by December 2020 so that we can avoid any need for the backstop coming into force.</p>
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<p>Mrs May said: &#8220;The new Brexit deal will set out in law that the House of Commons would approve the UK&#8217;s objectives for the negotiations on our future relations with the EU.</p>
<p>&#8220;And they will approve the treaties governing that relationship before the Government signs them.&#8221;</p>
<p>Mrs May said her new Brexit deal had &#8220;listened to Unionist concerns&#8221; about the backstop.</p>
<p>&#8220;So the new Brexit deal goes further,&#8221; she said. &#8220;It will commit that should the backstop come into force the Government will commit to ensure that Great Britain will stay aligned with Northern Ireland.</p>
<p>&#8220;We will prohibit the proposal that a future government could split Northern Ireland off from the UK&#8217;s customs territory.&#8221;</p>
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