UK PM May promises vote in parliament on Brexit deal by March 12

British Prime Minister Theresa May promised on Sunday to bring a vote on her Brexit deal back to parliament by March 12, the latest delay in her attempts to win approval for a plan to ease Britain’s departure from the European Union. On her way to Egypt where she hopes to get the approval of EU leaders for her approach, May said further meetings in Brussels on securing changes to the deal ruled out a so-called meaningful vote this week.

"We won’t bring a meaningful vote to parliament this week but we will ensure that that happens by the 12th of March," May told reporters onboard her plane. "It is still within our grasp to leave the European Union with a deal on the 29th of March and that is what we are working to do." (Reporting by Elizabeth Piper; editing by Guy Faulconbridge)