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No deal Brexit news LIVE: Theresa May offers MPs vote on no-deal Brexit or Article 50 delay if she cannot get her deal through Commons

Theresa May has told MPs they will have the chance to vote on a no-deal Brexit or a short extension to Article 50 if she cannot get her deal through the Commons.

The Prime Minister told the Commons on Tuesday that she was aware MPs were "genuinely worried" that time was running out to get a Brexit deal approved before the UK is due to leave the EU on March 29.

She told MPs that if her deal was not passed during a Meaningful Vote held by March 12, the Government would table a motion for the following day asking the House if it supports leaving the EU without a deal.

If this motion is rejected, she said MPs would be able to vote on a second motion on March 14 asking if Parliament wants a "short-term, limited extension" to Article 50 and a delay to Brexit.

It comes after three government ministers - Richard Harrington, Claire Perry and Margot James - threatened to support a fresh amendment attempt to extend Article 50.

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