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Mr Corbyn says people working in the UK want "some degree of certainty" - which he says Mrs May's deal does not provide.

The deal on offer is not the only deal available, he states.

The government's motion on the withdrawal agreement is a "case study in weasel words and obfuscation," he adds.

"The ERG seems to be slightly missing today," he says, referring to the quiet government benches behind the prime minister.

He accuses the PM of having constructed "an enormous paper tiger" and then "slain it" over the backstop.

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Standing to respond to Theresa May's statement, Jeremy Corbyn says the prime minister has "despite extensive delays, achieved not a single change to the Withdrawal Agreement".

He adds that in January, Ms May backed an amendment from Tory MP Graham Brady to seek alternative arrangements to the backstop, yet "there are no alternative arrangements."

Labour's proposals are "very clear", he adds, noting they are about a customs union, access to markets and protection of rights.

He says leaving with no agreement would be "chaos", and that with this agreement there would be "problems".

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Concluding her speech Theresa May says MPs need to demonstrate that they believe "democracy comes before party faction or personal ambition".

"The time has come to deliver on the instruction we were given," she says

"The time has come to back the deal."

The prime mister urges MPs to accept her Brexit deal, ahead of a key vote in the Commons.

Here are the Tory MPs who have said they are planning to vote for Theresa May's deal despite voting against it last time:

Mike Penning

John Lamont

Mark Pritchard

James Gray

Robert Halfon

Ben Bradley

Nigel Evans

Martin Vickers

Greg Hands

Sir Robert Syms

Total 10

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Lib Dem Tom Brake says "whatever happens today" Article 50 will have to be extended to give time for MPs to pass the necessary business before the UK leaves the EU.

"Let's get the deal tonight and then the usual channels will work to see how we can get the business passed," replies Theresa May.

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Theresa May now sets out what she believes could happen if the deal is rejected.

She says MPs could vote for a no-deal Brexit or vote to extend Article 50.

"In the long term we could make a success of [a no deal] Brexit but there would be a significant economic shock in the short term," she says.

"An extension without a plan would threaten jobs and investment and it would not change the debate.

"It would merely pass control the to the EU."

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"Responsible politics is about pragmatism, it is about balancing risk and reward," says Theresa May.

She says MPs must ask themselves "if they want to make the perfect the enemy of the good."

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Green MP Caroline Lucas says the prime minister's strategy is depending on MPs changing their minds "in a matter of weeks between votes".

She adds that the prime minister hasn't accounted for people changing their minds "in the space of many years".

"The best chance she has of getting her deal through Parliament is to make it subject to a confirmatory vote of the public," Ms Lucas concludes.

Theresa May says she "profoundly believes" that there is "no evidence that the public have changed their minds".

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Theresa May says that MPs raised "three key issues" when they first debated the original withdrawal agreement: Giving a legal status to assurances on the backstop, providing alternative arrangements to the backstop, and ensuring that the UK would not be trapped in the backstop.

She tells MPs that the changes she has achieved addresses all those issues noting that the attorney general's advice said the risk of being "trapped" in the backstop has been reduced.

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The Independent Group MP and key 'People's Vote' campaigner Anna Soubry says she fears "this is too little too late".

Ms Soubry says the difficulty has been the prime minister's " inability to move from her red lines".

Theresa May says MPs must remember the manifestos they stood on, and that the proposals in front of MPs today "enjoy some of the benefits of a customs union, but in a way that deliverers an independent trade policy which is what people want to see".