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The result announcement is due any minute.

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Julia Hartley-Brewer, a presenter on talkRADIO, says she does not know what will happen next, and in normal times the PM would be forced from office.

She adds that the prime minister is the "walking wounded" and that there are "no third chances".

Matthew Parris, a columnist for The Times, asks how a prime minister "without power and authority" can go to an EU summit after losing the vote again.

He states that the EU will want to know why the UK wants an extension, and for what eventual ends.

Anne McElvoy, a senior editor for The Economist, says that if no-one else wants the prime minister's job, then May remains safe for now.

She says that there is some "crumbling away" from the hard Brexiteers to support the deal, but it is not happening quickly enough.

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The BBC's political editor, Laura Kuenssberg, says it is likely the PM is going to lose again.

She adds that there will be pressure on the prime minister to delay Brexit, renegotiate, or to leave the EU without a deal.

The BBC's Europe editor Katya Adler says the EU realised that the clarifications yesterday would not be enough to please some aspects of the Conservative Party.

The EU is "quite exasperated" with the UK, for an extension to "perpetuate this" is "not going to work".

The EU believes the problems are being caused by splits in the Conservative Party, and between the Tory and Labour parties.

"It's down to the UK to request an extension," she adds.

The party says despite new assurances on the backstop, "sufficient progress" has not been achieved.

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MPs are now voting on Theresa May's Brexit deal.

As the Speaker John Bercow chose not to select any amendments earlier this afternoon, there will be one single vote on whether to support the withdrawal agreement.

The result is expected at 19.15 GMT.

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Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay urges MPs to support the deal and resumes his seat.

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Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay now gets to his feet.

He says the government has listened to the concerns of MPs.

He tells them that the new package delivers "the certainty businesses need" and protects workers' rights.

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Shadow Brexit secretary Keir Starmer says he has never doubted the difficulty of the prime minister's task, "but the reality is the deal put before this House is deeply flawed".

He says the future relationship document is "flimsy and vague", and that the prime minister promised a comprehensive political declaration ready to be implemented.

"This deal is not that, it is an abject failure," Mr Starmer adds.

Mr Starmer says it is "a sorry outcome after two years of negotiations", and that two and a half years ago he "could have not possibly seen the scale of the calamity before us".

This is a difficult moment for the House and the country, he concludes, noting that "after tonight the House must come together and find a way out of the mess."

Jacob Rees-Mogg has told the Press Association he will be voting against the deal.

"I shall be voting against the government this evening ... I expect the majority of the ERG will vote against."

Mr Rees-Mogg said he was not worried Brexit would be delayed, saying: "The law remains as it is and the statute law is that we leave on the 29th March."

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Closing the debate for Labour, shadow Brexit secretary Keir Starmer says this will be one of the most significant votes the House of Commons will take.

He thanks civil servants for their work on Brexit, and says whatever the outcome of tonight's result, it is not a reflection on them individually.

The problem for the prime minister is she promised legal changes to the withdrawal agreement, Mr Starmer says.

"The Attorney General could not have been clearer: there is no legal means for exiting the backstop," he adds.