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UK MPs vote to hold rare Saturday session on Brexit deal

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AFP London
Last Updated : Oct 17 2019 | 6:55 PM IST

British lawmakers on Thursday voted narrowly in favour of holding the first parliamentary session on a Saturday in 37 years, to debate the government's new Brexit deal.

Members of the lower chamber House of Commons voted 287 to 275 in favour. It would only be parliament's fifth Saturday session since the eve of World War II.

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First Published: Oct 17 2019 | 6:55 PM IST

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