We will not allow a no-deal exit to occur at the end of March.”Twenty Conservatives rebelled against the government, including the former defence secretary Michael Fallon and former education secretary Justine Greening. Tory MPs were whipped to vote against the amendment, despite rumours that the government would concede. “Nobody should be underestimating at this stage how likely a no deal exit could be,” he said. It is attached to a clause designed to give the government the power to keep some areas of tax administration working in the event of a no-deal Brexit. Cooper’s amendment meant that new power would only be allowed to come into force if there were either a Brexit deal, a decision to extend article 50, or a vote in the Commons specifically approving a no-deal Brexit.

Source: The Guardian January 08, 2019 19:08 UTC