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Brexit news LIVE: Senior MPs hit back at claims of Commons 'plot' to block Brexit

Liam Fox accused Remain MPs of trying to 'steal' Brexit (Picture: PA)

Leading cabinet Brexiteer Liam Fox has lashed out at moves by Reaminer MPs to rewrite the Commons rule book in an attempt to "hijack" Brexit.

"Parliament has not got the right to hijack the Brexit process because Parliament said to the people of this country 'We make a contract with you, you will make the decision and we will honour it'," he told The Andrew Marr Show.

However Tory former Cabinet minister Nicky Morgan and Labour MP Hilary Benn rejected claims MPs were behaving unconstitutionally.

Also appearing on Marr, Mr Benn said: "MPs doing their job are not plotters, they are trying to sort out the mess the Prime Minister has created."

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