Brexit meaningful vote will go ahead, says No 10, despite talks stalling

Theresa May is expected to try to sell her plans to MPs and the public later this week, possibly with a speech. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty ImagesDowning Street has insisted the meaningful vote on Theresa May’s Brexit deal will go ahead as promised on Tuesday, despite negotiations in Brussels stumbling. The prime minister’s spokesman repeated the line on Wednesday that the government is determined to secure “legally binding changes” to the Irish backstop, despite the at