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Brussels is ready to offer Theresa May the chance to scrap Brexit, an EU chief signalled today.

Donald Tusk hailed the divorce pact Mrs May struck with Brussels as it faces a crunch Commons vote on December 11.

But, amid claims the Prime Minister's deal is doomed to defeat, the EU Council President prominently repeated her claim that defeat could trigger "no Brexit at all".

The Prime Minister has until now used the phrase to hint Remainers could take power.

But uttered by Mr Tusk, it could be seen as a suggestion that the EU is prepared to consider a U-turn.

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Speaking at the G20 in Argentina, Mr Tusk said: “Many leaders will certainly have questions about Brexit, therefore let me say this - the European Union has just agreed an orderly divorce with the United Kingdom.

“A few days before the vote in the House of Commons it is becoming more and more clear that this deal is the best possible, in fact the only possible one.

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“If this deal is rejected in the Commons we are left with, as was already stressed a few weeks ago by Prime Minister May, an alternative - no deal or no Brexit at all.

“I want to reassure you that the EU is prepared for every scenario.”

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Some 100 Tory MPs are now prepared to vote down the Brexit deal - enough for a crushing defeat.

Today the PM renewed claims the only options available were her deal, no-deal or no Brexit.

Mrs May told Sky News: The European Union has made clear that this is the deal that is on the table.”

It comes amid reports the EU is prepared to extend the date of Brexit to give time for a 'Plan B'.

European leaders are considering delaying the date until July to allow either a second referendum or a Norway-style soft Brexit, the Times reported.

Meanwhile Mrs May accused Labour of planning a "betrayal of the British people" by voting down her Brexit deal.

She urged all MPs to cast their vote "in the national interest".

And she declined to discuss whether she might offer a Plan B if her deal is voted down on December 11, or whether defeat could mean her resigning or being forced out.

"It's not about me," said Mrs May. "This is about what is in the national interest.

Brexit deal countdown Early December: Theresa May tours UK and G20 with two-week "campaign" to sell her deal directly to the British public. 11 December: A vote in the House of Commons on the deal. 13 December: The last chance EU Council summit, where deal could come back for more negotiation. 20 December: Parliament rises for its Christmas break. Final or 're-run' vote by MPs must be held before now. If it fails there could be no deal, or a general election, or a second EU referendum. 26 January 2019: By this point Theresa May must return to Parliament and make a statement if she still has no agreement. MPs then vote on a motion based on the government statement 7 days later. 29 March 2019: Brexit Day. If there's a deal, this will be a total anticlimax because a transition will be in place. If there's No Deal, planes could be grounded, ports jammed up and customs checks thrown into chaos at 11pm. 31 December 2020: If there's a deal, this is when the transition period - which continues pretty much all the EU rules we have now - is supposed to end. But it could be extended by two more years. 1 January 2021: If there's still no deal, under current plans a "backstop" would kick in. This could keep the UK tied to EU customs rules, until a proper agreement is reached, in exchange for keeping the Northern Ireland border open. Read the full guide to the timetable here.

"It's about delivering the vote to leave the EU and doing it in a way that protects people's jobs and livelihoods and protects our security and our United Kingdom."

Turning her fire on Labour's Jeremy Corbyn, who she has offered to debate with on TV ahead of the crunch Commons vote, Mrs May said: "I've got a plan, I've got a proposal, I've got the deal that I've negotiated.

"We don't see any alternative coming forward from the Labour Party. I think people need to be aware of that.

"Instead, what I see from Labour is an attempt to frustrate what the Government is doing to deliver Brexit for the British people. That is actually a betrayal of the British people."

Mrs May said she was ready to use the G20 summit to correct suggestions by US president Donald Trump - who is also in Buenos Aires - that her deal would leave the UK unable to forge a trade agreement with America.

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"I'm very happy to tell President Trump and others that we will have an independent trade policy, because we will have an independent trade policy, we will be able to do trade deals," she said.

"It is expressly referenced in the deal that we have negotiated with the EU. It says we will be able to do those trade deals, and we will be able to do them with the US and others."

Mrs May's comments came as International Trade Secretary Liam Fox insisted that a no-deal Brexit would not be a disaster.

Dr Fox said that reactions to Whitehall analysis showing that withdrawing from the EU without an agreement would have severe economic consequences had been "overblown".