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Act legally forces May to extend the UK’s time in the EU. / Historic legislation to delay Brexit has been passed by MPs in a frantic bid to force Theresa May to avoid crashing out of the EU without a Brussels deal.
Cooper-Letwin bill on article 50 passes parliament in just three working days. / Backbench MPs have passed historic legislation to delay article 50, forcing the government to set out its timetable for the length of the Brexit delay in order to prevent the UK exiting the EU with no deal.
Government fails to block draft law from Yvette Cooper and Sir Oliver Letwin.
'For the sake of jobs, public services and our national security we need to avert no deal,' says Yvette Cooper.
The bill will now be voted on again at 10pm when it will become clear whether MPs want to make a no-deal Brexit illegal.