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Wounded Theresa May has SURVIVED tonight's bid to oust her - but still faces a crushing Commons defeat on her Brexit plan.

The wounded Prime Minister won the day after begging MPs to back her - by promising she wouldn't lead her party into the 2022 election.

But tomorrow she flies to Brussels for crunch talks with EU leaders as she tries to rescue her withdrawal deal.

Labour could table a no-confidence motion as early as tomorrow - something else for the Tory leader to worry about as she boards her BAe146 plane at RAF Northolt.

The Tory civil war that brought the premier to the brink will not die down despite Conservative MPs voting to save her skin.

Chancellor Philip Hammond attacked “extremists” in his party “who are trying to advance a particular agenda which would really not be in the interests of the British people or the British economy”.

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Plotters in the European Research Group - the cabal of hard Brexiteers determined to topple their party chief - will not give up trying to oust Mrs May and place one of their own in No 10.

The PM is desperate to secure some guarantee from EU chiefs that the Irish backstop - which is designed to avoid a hard border between Northern Ireland the Republic, and would only come into force if there was no free trade deal by the end of December 2020 - will not last indefinitely.

Her battered authority suffered another humiliating blow on Monday when she shelved plans for a vote on her Brexit blueprint as she headed for a crushing defeat.

But, if the UK is to avoid a disastrous no-deal departure, that Bill must come back before MPs.

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The vote will take place before January 21, according to No 10 - and it could be before Christmas.

Labour is waiting to pounce with a no-confidence motion and Jeremy Corbyn told the Commons: “The Prime Minister’s appalling behaviour needs to be held to account by this House.”

Labour MPs were locked in talks with the Democratic Unionist Party, whose 10 MPs prop up the Government, about whether it would back the motion.

Insisting one would be tabled, Mr Corbyn’s spokesman said: “The question is not ‘if’ but ‘when’.

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“We will move a no-confidence vote at the point at which we judge that it stands the greatest chance of success.

“We aren’t interested in moving votes of no-confidence for the sake of it.”

He added: “We believe the Government has lost its majority and is unable to govern.”

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Signalling the Scottish National Party would back the move, its Westminster leader Ian Blackford told the Commons: “This Government is a farce, the Tory Party is in chaos and the Prime Minister is a disgrace.

“Prime Minister, take responsibility, do the right thing, resign.”

Under Tory rules, Mrs May’s opponents have to wait another year before launching a fresh coup.

But the bitter divisions opened when David Cameron announced a referendum gape wider than ever.

The ERG will go on sniping from the sidelines, undermining what little remains of the PM’s shattered authority.

Members will have their first chance on Monday when the PM gives a statement to Parliament on the outcome of the EU summit.

Unless she brings back something game-changing, few Tory Brexiteers will be won over.

If she loses the vote on her withdrawal plan she will face fresh pressure to quit.