EU leaders approve Brexit deal, say UK Parliament has to vote for plan

PM Theresa May gets her agreement on UK's divorce from European Union at a special summit in Brussels, with leaders of the 27 other member countries backing the legal text

European leaders gave Theresa May her Brexit deal but warned that the UK Parliament must vote for the plan it stands because negotiations will not be reopened if British politicians reject it.

On Sunday, the prime minister got her agreement on the UK’s divorce from the European Union at a special summit in Brussels, when the leaders of the 27 other member countries backed the legal text.

May now faces huge opposition from her own Conservative Party as she tries to persuade Parliament to back it. Even government ministers admit they have work to do to avoid defeat.

If May