Labour-led bid to seize control of Commons and block no-deal Brexit defeated

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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn fails in a cross-party effort to seize control of the House of Commons agenda and then legislate against no deal. Get more on this story here:

Former Brexit secretary Dominic Raab has also refused to rule out proroguing parliament as a means of preventing the House of Commons blocking a no-deal Brexit.

Eight Labour MPs, including Brexiteers and those representing Leave areas, voted against their party's motion.This was down on the 14 Conservative MPs who voted in favour of blocking a no-deal Brexit back in April.Labour MP Gareth Snell, who represents Leave-supporting Stoke-on-Trent Central, had earlier revealed he would abstain as he expressed his regret at having failed to vote for a Brexit deal up to now.

Earlier, Tory leadership candidate Matt Hancock, the health secretary, said the Labour effort to block a no-deal Brexit showed how such a departure from the EU is"not an option" for a future prime minister.

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