Brexit hangs in balance in vote on May leadership

The government of British Prime Minister Theresa May faced a vote of no confidence in the House of Commons on Wednesday evening as the latest chapter of the Brexit saga is played out. The vote was scheduled after press time in China.

On Tuesday, May suffered the heaviest defeat by any prime minister in nearly a century as her proposals for Britain's withdrawal from the European Union, scheduled to happen at the end of March, were rejected by 432 votes to 202, with nearly 120 members of her own Conservative Party voting against her.

As a result, Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the opposition Labour Party, announced he was calling for a motion of no confidence, which was to be the subject of the vote.