Theresa May survives no-confidence vote, 24 hours after Brexit humiliation

UK Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday saw off a vote of no confidence in the House of Commons, 24 hours after suffering a crushing rejection of her Brexit plan.

MPs voted 325 to 306 in favour of the government, with the members of the Conservative Party and the allied Democratic Unionist Party backing the prime minister despite Brexit differences.

The no-confidence motion was moved by Labour Opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn in the wake of Tuesday's vote which saw May's plan for taking Britain out of the European Union defeated by 432 votes to 202, the biggest parliamentary defeat for a government in modern British political history. 118 Conservative MPs were among those who voted against the plan. 

A defeat for the government in the confidence vote would likely have triggered a general election.

May also survived a challenge to her leadership within the Conservative Party before Christmas.

Immediately after Wednesday's vote, Mrs May said she was inviting the leaders of the parliamentary parties for talks immediately, tonight, on the Brexit process. 

Mr Corbyn replied that before any meaningful discussions, the government needed to remove the prospect of a no deal Brexit. The...