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Good morning. I’m Andrew Sparrow, taking over from Matthew Weaver.

For the third day in a row, we have a big Brexit vote. Tuesday’s was the “meaningful vote” (yes/no on the deal), yesterday’s was on ruling out no deal, and today’s is on extending article 50.

And, as Sky’s Tamara Cohen reports, Downing Street is giving Tory MPs a free vote.

Tamara Cohen (@tamcohen) Latest:



There will be a FREE VOTE on the government’s motion this afternoon to delay Brexit for an indeterminate period



Decisions on amendments will happen later when they’re selected

This is not surprising given the extent of divisions in the Conservative party, but it is fresh evidence that Theresa May is finding it increasingly hard to govern through the conventional mechanism of parliamentary whipping.