Tory Remain MPs have forced a Commons vote on the EU customs union next week in a bid to pile pressure on Theresa May to soften her Brexit plans. Treasury Committee chairwoman Nicky Morgan, Health Committee chairwoman Sarah Wollaston and former minister Bob Neill joined forces with opposition MPs to secure the backbench business debate. The motion spells out the Remain campaign's belief that a customs union with the EU is the only way to protect existing UK-EU trade and keep open the Irish border. Brexiteers insist any customs union would tie ministers' hands in future. News of the vote came a day after the Government was heavily defeated in the Lords on the customs union issue.

Source: Daily Mail April 19, 2018 16:01 UTC