Labour threatens no confidence vote against May

LONDON, Dec 02 (BBC): Labour has said it will "inevitably" call a motion of no confidence in the government if Theresa May loses a Commons vote on her Brexit deal.

Shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer told Sky News his party would seek to force a general election.

Environment Secretary Michael Gove insisted Mrs May could still win the vote on 11 December despite dozens of her own MPs being against her EU deal.

He told the BBC's Andrew Marr winning the vote would be "challenging".

But although Mrs May's deal was not perfect, "we have got to recognise that if we don't vote for this, the alternatives are no deal or no Brexit."

Asked if Mrs May would have to stand down as PM is she lost the vote on her deal in nine days time, he said: "Absolutely not."

He claimed there was a "strong movement behind the prime minister" among the public.

Sir Keir Starmer said: "If the prime minister has lost a vote of that significance then there has to be a question of confidence in the government."