In Reprieve for Theresa May, Pro-EU Brexit Rebels Signal Retreat
- Tory rebels who want close EU ties welcome May’s Brexit plan
- PM had faced a possible rebellion over two bills next week
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Theresa May looks likely to avoid an embarrassing rebellion in Parliament next week, as pro-European lawmakers who had sought to defeat her are starting to back down.
Conservative rebels who favor closer ties to the European Union after Brexit were planning to use a series of votes to force May into adopting their position. The key amendments call for the U.K. to remain in a customs union and the EU’s single market, and enough Conservatives had put their names to them for May to be defeated.