PRIME MINISTER Theresa May tonight faces a vote that could bring down her government.

The PM suffered a crushing defeat on her plan for Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union in the House of Commons last night, with her Brexit proposal rejected by a majority of 230.

It was the largest ever defeat suffered by a government in modern British political history with 432 MPs voting against the deal negotiated by the PM.

Labour opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn has tabled a motion of no confidence in the government, with the crucial vote again taking place at 7pm tonight.

But Brecon and Radnorshire Conservative Chris Davies, one of just 202 MPs to vote for the PM’s deal last night, has said the PM does have his confidence and he will vote to support her this evening.

The Brexit supporting MP said: "Labour are playing politics. Yesterday was not good but what would be even worse for the country would be a Corbyn government . Labour have played politics throughout Brexit when they should be putting the country first. If this is what they do over Brexit imagine what he would do as PM?"

Labour, which has repeatedly called for a general election, has said it could better negotiate a deal with the EU has it doesn’t have the same red lines as Mrs May.

Should the PM lose tonight’s confidence vote there will be 14 days for a new government to be formed, or a general election will be scheduled.

Despite the size of last night’s defeat Mrs May is thought likely to pull through tonight’s vote as she is expected to be able to call on the support of her own Conservatives and Northern Ireland’s DUP, who prop up the government, have also indicated they will support the PM.

If she survives the confidence vote Mrs May is expected to return to the House of Commons on Monday with a plan for Brexit. Following last night’s defeat she said her government had listened and she would reach out to "senior Parliamentarians" for suggestions.Meanwhile Liberal Democrats in Powys have said in wake of the government's defeat Britain's EU departure, due on March 29, should be delayed for a further referendum to be held.Powys council's Lib Dem/Green group leader Cllr James Gibson-Watt and former MP Roger Williams, who chairs the Brecon and Radnorshire Lib Dems, issued a joint statement.They said: "This is an unprecedented moment in British political history. The scale of the Conservative government’s defeat means that the next step, as Parliament grapples with the Brexit crisis, will be a vote of no-confidence. There are no good options with Brexit. However, we are clear in our view that the best course of action now would be an extension of Article 50 to allow for a people’s vote with the option of staying in the European Union."

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