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Labour and the Conservatives were embroiled in a high-stakes row over whether to stage an immediate vote of no confidence in Theresa May’s government after the opposition chose not to table a binding vote on Monday night.

The opposition accused No 10 of “running scared” because it had refused to allow time to debate an alternative, non-binding no-confidence vote in May as prime minister – while the Tories hit back, saying that Labour had “bottled it”.

Jeremy Corbyn had demanded a “vote of no confidence in the prime minister” at about 6pm after May told MPs she would delay holding the Brexit vote – originally pulled last week – to the week of 14 January.

The Labour leader said: “It’s bad, unacceptable, that we should be waiting almost a month before we have a meaningful vote on the crucial issue facing the future of this country.”

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