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Proposal for second referendum on any Brexit deal defeated by 27 votes as MPs reject eight alternatives

Twenty-seven Labour MPs voted against a second referendum last night - the same margin by which the motion was defeated. , resigned to vote against it and three shadow cabinet ministers abstained in defiance a three-line whip.MPs last night failed to break the Brexit impasse after they were unable to find a Commons majority for any Brexit plan, despite voting on eight different options.

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