<p class="title">Prime Minister Theresa May will not accept a proposal to hand parliament more control over Brexit, a source said on Tuesday, setting up a showdown with lawmakers who want to prevent Britain from crashing out of the European Union without a deal.</p>.<p class="bodytext">May has struggled to get backing for her plans to cut ties with the EU, forced to find a compromise last week with pro-EU lawmakers in her Conservative Party to try to get their backing for her Brexit blueprint, or the EU withdrawal bill.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Her compromise failed, and on Wednesday she will again try to head off a rebellion over the so-called meaningful vote on any Brexit deal that some lawmakers want to be able to make sure the government cannot accept a "no deal" with Brussels.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The government source said on condition of anonymity that May would stick to her proposal to offer lawmakers a vote on a statement outlining the next steps if she fails to win agreement with the EU, or if parliament rejects any deal she comes up with.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We won't be accepting the Lords amendment," the source said, referring to a decision in the upper house of parliament on Monday to again try to force the government to hand the House of Commons more control over Britain's exit from the EU.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The pro-EU Conservative lawmaker, Dominic Grieve, who has led efforts to hand parliament a greater say, said he was still looking forward to having discussions with the government to find a way out of a row that has questioned May's authority.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"It has been suggested that I want to collapse the government - I don't," Grieve told BBC Radio.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said he did not want Britain to leave the EU without a deal but that the government had to be prepared for that outcome. "If we have no deal at the end it is a very serious crisis," he said. </p>
<p class="title">Prime Minister Theresa May will not accept a proposal to hand parliament more control over Brexit, a source said on Tuesday, setting up a showdown with lawmakers who want to prevent Britain from crashing out of the European Union without a deal.</p>.<p class="bodytext">May has struggled to get backing for her plans to cut ties with the EU, forced to find a compromise last week with pro-EU lawmakers in her Conservative Party to try to get their backing for her Brexit blueprint, or the EU withdrawal bill.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Her compromise failed, and on Wednesday she will again try to head off a rebellion over the so-called meaningful vote on any Brexit deal that some lawmakers want to be able to make sure the government cannot accept a "no deal" with Brussels.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The government source said on condition of anonymity that May would stick to her proposal to offer lawmakers a vote on a statement outlining the next steps if she fails to win agreement with the EU, or if parliament rejects any deal she comes up with.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We won't be accepting the Lords amendment," the source said, referring to a decision in the upper house of parliament on Monday to again try to force the government to hand the House of Commons more control over Britain's exit from the EU.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The pro-EU Conservative lawmaker, Dominic Grieve, who has led efforts to hand parliament a greater say, said he was still looking forward to having discussions with the government to find a way out of a row that has questioned May's authority.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"It has been suggested that I want to collapse the government - I don't," Grieve told BBC Radio.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said he did not want Britain to leave the EU without a deal but that the government had to be prepared for that outcome. "If we have no deal at the end it is a very serious crisis," he said. </p>