Theresa May has warned opponents of her Brexit deal that they risk "letting the British people down" as Labour said the Prime Minister faced a "humiliating defeat" in Tuesday's crunch vote.
She urged critics to give the deal "a second look", insisting new assurances on the Irish border had "legal force". She said the "history books" would judge if MPs delivered on Brexit while safeguarding the economy and security. But Jeremy Corbyn said the PM had "completely and utterly failed". And the SNP said the PM was "in fantasy land and the government should stop threatening no-deal". MPs will vote on the terms of the UK's withdrawal from the EU and declaration on future relations on Tuesday evening. Labour and the other opposition parties will vote against the deal while about 100 Conservative MPs, and the Democratic Unionist Party's 10 MPs, could also join them. Both Mrs May and Mr Corbyn met their backbenchers after the PM's Commons statement on Monday night - the PM to appeal once more for their support and the Labour leader to reiterate his plan to call for a general election if the deal is rejected.
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