Brexit bill ‘in limbo’ as MPs reject timetable
Media playback is unsupported on your device Boris Johnson has hit the pause button on his Brexit legislation after MPs rejected his plan to get it through the Commons in three days.MPs backed his Withdrawal Agreement Bill - but minutes later voted against the timetable, leaving it "in limbo".After the vote, EU Council President Donald Tusk said he would recommend EU leaders backed an extension to the 31 October Brexit deadline.But a No 10 source said if a delay was granted, the PM would seek an election.On Saturday, Mr Johnson complied with a law demanding he write to the EU to ask for a three-month extension, but did not sign the letter.Following the result in the Commons, he said it was Parliament and not the government that had requested an extension.M...
