Brexit - LIVE: Theresa May faces customs defeat amid Tory rebel rage, as embattled government attempts to bring MPs' summer holiday forward

Theresa May faces a fresh battle in the Commons over Brexit just hours after narrowly avoiding a humiliating defeat over her customs legislation.

After the prime minister “caved in” to hardline Brexiteers on the Conservative backbenches on Monday evening, offering them a compromise, enraged pro-EU MPs are now raising the prospect of a major rebellion later today.

They have tabled an amendment to the trade bill that says it should be the objective of the government to establish a frictionless free trade area for goods between the UK and EU.

If this is not achieved by January 2019, then the government will be forced to achieve an agreement that enables Britain to participate in a customs union with the bloc – something the Labour party already advocates.

Voting comes as trouble brews for the government on another front as they ask MPs to vote on a motion that brings forward the parliamentary recess by four days.

Labour and Conservative MPs have already spoken out against the plans, with the former minister Phillip Lee condemning any thought of an earlier break as “shameful” at a “crucial time”.

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An urgent question on the Electoral Commission investigation into Vote Leave will take place in the House of Commons at approximately 12.30pm.

It was granted to Labour MP Chuka Umunna by Speaker John Bercow.

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The 'Brexit dividend' money Theresa May promised for the NHS is a myth, Government's official spending watchdog confirms

The Office for Budget Responsibility, established in 2010 to provide independent forecasts for the Government, confirmed that Brexit is more likely to weaken than strengthen the public finances

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Tory MPs 'privately say loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs worth it for Brexit', Anna Soubry tells Parliament

'Nobody voted Leave on the basis that somebody with a gold-plated pension and inherited wealth will take their job away from them'

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This is from the Press Association:

 

The Government's promise of a £20.5 billion boost for the NHS will put debt on an "unsustainable upward trajectory" without tax rises or spending cuts to pay for it, the Office for Budget Responsibility has warned.

 

In its Fiscal Sustainability Report, the OBR said that, without changes to tax and spend policy, public sector net debt could rise from 80% of GDP to almost 283% by 2067.

And it dismissed suggestions that the increased NHS spending could be paid for with a "Brexit dividend", stating that "Brexit is more likely to weaken than strengthen the public finances overall".

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After a meeting of Labour's shadow cabinet, the party has confirmed it will voting against government plans for an early summer recess. Expect a government climbdown in the next few hours on this proposal. At least 7 Conservative MPs have said they will defy their party on the issue.

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Here's a Labour MP calling for the referendum to be rerun in light of the finding by the Electoral Commission that Vote Leave broke electoral law.

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'Brexit's a disaster, the PM's clinging on to power, so an early holiday for MPs obviously makes total sense'

Caught between an angry rock (Anna Soubry) and an implacable hard place (Jacob Rees-Mogg), a spot of walking in a remote corner of the British Isles would appeal even to those who have never taken up a hiking pole, writes Will Gore

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Matthew Elliott, the former chief executive of the Vote Leave campaign who is now editor-at-large of website Brexit Central, tweeted: "Having skimmed the EC's [Electoral Commission's] report, they've ignored VL's [Vote Leave's] 
detailed evidence, so it's riddled with errors & conclusions completely wrong. 

"We accepted their invitation for an interview in early March. Senior staff also volunteered to be interviewed. They haven't followed due process." 

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UK aid risks not helping world's poorest because ministers have prioritised boosting trade, MPs warn

Government's focus on promoting investment in Britain risks leaving women, children and disabled people in developing countries behind, influential committee says

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Meanwhile....

 

Tim Farron missed knife-edge Brexit vote to give a £5 lecture on gay sex Christian row

Pro-EU MPs hit out at Mr Farron as parliamentary record showed he missed Brexit votes

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Government tries to bring forward MPs' summer break amid pressure on Theresa May

Prime minister accused of 'running scared of a leadership contest' after seeking to send MPs home earlier than planned

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New Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab skips his first day of Brexit talks to attend right-wing think-tank summer drinks

Brexit secretary not attending opening of talks while foreign secretary skips Foreign Affairs Council

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Theresa May wins knife-edge Brexit vote as defence minister resigns

Prime minister forced to rely on Labour rebels to help her avoid humiliating defeats as she suffers biggest rebellion of her premiership

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Brexit campaign Vote Leave fined and referred to police for breaking electoral law

Official Brexit organisation – fronted by Boris Johnson and Michael Gove – breached electoral law by co-ordinating illegally with another group