UK PM May defeats pre-vote amendment on Irish backstop

Prime Minister Theresa May defeated a bid by her Conservative lawmakers on Tuesday to force the government to change her Brexit deal to make it conditional on Britain having the unilateral right to end the so-called Northern Irish backstop.

Parliament voted 600 versus 24 against the amendment.

(Reporting by Elizabeth Piper; editing by Stephen Addison)

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