<p class="title">Prime Minister Theresa May will on Wednesday face a vote by MPs over her newly revised Brexit strategy, which allows for a possible request to delay Britain's EU departure if her divorce deal is not approved.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The embattled leader will ask lawmakers to approve a three-step plan set out Tuesday that would give her more time to attempt to rework a draft deal struck with the European Union more than three months ago.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Under the new plan, if she fails to come up with a deal that wins MPs' support by March 12, May would call a vote on a no-deal Brexit on March 13 and if that is voted down another vote on delaying on March 14.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In a piece for Wednesday's Daily Mail, May said her preference was for a deal allowing Brexit on March 29 and she urged parliament to vote in favour.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Parliament should "do its duty so our country can move forward," she wrote.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The prime minister, who reached an agreement with European leaders late last year but saw it overwhelmingly rejected by British lawmakers in January, had repeatedly ruled out delaying Brexit.</p>.<p class="bodytext">But her dramatic reversal on Tuesday came amid threats of mass resignations from her own ministers, who fear Britain leaving the EU without a deal on March 29.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The government published an updated assessment Tuesday of preparedness for such a scenario, which found a majority of businesses are not ready for a new trading regime.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It also warned that some food prices were likely to increase -- particularly for fresh fruit and vegetables --- and that this could "exacerbate, or create, shortages".</p>.<p class="bodytext">However, May's change in course has already angered Brexit hardliners in her own Conservative Party, with influential MP Jacob Rees-Mogg warning "any delay to Brexit is a plot to stop Brexit".</p>.<p class="bodytext">May is also set to face a series of votes on Wednesday from 1900 GMT on various amendments tabled by MPs, including cross-party moves to lock in her commitments made on Tuesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Many MPs are still anxious about the prospect of a no-deal departure, while Brexit hardliners want changes to the deal's so-called "backstop" clause to keep the Irish border open in all scenarios.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Rees-Mogg said MPs would not be able to block a no-deal, telling BBC radio that "if there is still no majority for the prime minister's deal... we are still faced with the same situation" after any delay.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He spelled out what changes May's deal would need to win his vote, saying he could back it "if there is a clear date that says the backstop ends".</p>.<p class="bodytext">An amendment put forward by Labour MP Yvette Cooper and Tory backbencher Oliver Letwin, seeks to bind May's commitments and help bring forward the "necessary legislation to change the exit date".</p>.<p class="bodytext">Meanwhile the main opposition Labour Party will table an amendment with five demands, including Britain remaining in a customs union with the EU after Brexit.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In a significant shift, the party's leader Jeremy Corbyn announced Monday that it would support a second referendum on the issue if, as is likely, he fails to get his demands adopted.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Cross-party supporters of another referendum on Brexit have also put forward an amendment to kick-start that process next month.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It is not expected to pass in the House of Commons, where a majority of MPs are still thought to be against another referendum.</p>
<p class="title">Prime Minister Theresa May will on Wednesday face a vote by MPs over her newly revised Brexit strategy, which allows for a possible request to delay Britain's EU departure if her divorce deal is not approved.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The embattled leader will ask lawmakers to approve a three-step plan set out Tuesday that would give her more time to attempt to rework a draft deal struck with the European Union more than three months ago.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Under the new plan, if she fails to come up with a deal that wins MPs' support by March 12, May would call a vote on a no-deal Brexit on March 13 and if that is voted down another vote on delaying on March 14.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In a piece for Wednesday's Daily Mail, May said her preference was for a deal allowing Brexit on March 29 and she urged parliament to vote in favour.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Parliament should "do its duty so our country can move forward," she wrote.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The prime minister, who reached an agreement with European leaders late last year but saw it overwhelmingly rejected by British lawmakers in January, had repeatedly ruled out delaying Brexit.</p>.<p class="bodytext">But her dramatic reversal on Tuesday came amid threats of mass resignations from her own ministers, who fear Britain leaving the EU without a deal on March 29.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The government published an updated assessment Tuesday of preparedness for such a scenario, which found a majority of businesses are not ready for a new trading regime.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It also warned that some food prices were likely to increase -- particularly for fresh fruit and vegetables --- and that this could "exacerbate, or create, shortages".</p>.<p class="bodytext">However, May's change in course has already angered Brexit hardliners in her own Conservative Party, with influential MP Jacob Rees-Mogg warning "any delay to Brexit is a plot to stop Brexit".</p>.<p class="bodytext">May is also set to face a series of votes on Wednesday from 1900 GMT on various amendments tabled by MPs, including cross-party moves to lock in her commitments made on Tuesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Many MPs are still anxious about the prospect of a no-deal departure, while Brexit hardliners want changes to the deal's so-called "backstop" clause to keep the Irish border open in all scenarios.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Rees-Mogg said MPs would not be able to block a no-deal, telling BBC radio that "if there is still no majority for the prime minister's deal... we are still faced with the same situation" after any delay.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He spelled out what changes May's deal would need to win his vote, saying he could back it "if there is a clear date that says the backstop ends".</p>.<p class="bodytext">An amendment put forward by Labour MP Yvette Cooper and Tory backbencher Oliver Letwin, seeks to bind May's commitments and help bring forward the "necessary legislation to change the exit date".</p>.<p class="bodytext">Meanwhile the main opposition Labour Party will table an amendment with five demands, including Britain remaining in a customs union with the EU after Brexit.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In a significant shift, the party's leader Jeremy Corbyn announced Monday that it would support a second referendum on the issue if, as is likely, he fails to get his demands adopted.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Cross-party supporters of another referendum on Brexit have also put forward an amendment to kick-start that process next month.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It is not expected to pass in the House of Commons, where a majority of MPs are still thought to be against another referendum.</p>