May wins confidence vote; now to search for Brexit consensus

Prime Minister Theresa May's government won a confidence vote in the British parliament on Wednesday, clearing the way for her to attempt to forge a consensus among MPs on a Brexit divorce agreement.MPs voted 325 to 306 that they had confidence in May's government, just 24 hours after they handed her Brexit deal a crushing defeat that left Britain's exit from the European Union in disarray.With the clock ticking down to March 29, the date set in law for Brexit, the United Kingdom is now in the d