WORCESTER News readers were split this week over the Brexit impasse in parliament.

Prime Minister Theresa May’s withdrawal agreement was heavily rejected by 230 votes on Tuesday, in the worst defeat for a sitting government in history.

But her government survived a vote of no confidence 24 hours later, and the PM then began meeting MPs to find a way to break the deadlock.

The PM has until Monday to publish a new plan but Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said he was not taking part in talks until a no deal Brexit was ruled out. He also did not rule out supporting a secondary referendum in a speech to his party members.

After the heavy defeat, city MP and Brexit minister Robin Walker told the Worcester News he was clear the UK would be leaving on March 29, but stressed the only way to avoid a no deal “is to have a deal”.

“We now need to find something parliament will get behind, and move on to a trade deal - this can be resolved,” he added.

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The MP will hold an information evening for the city’s EU residents at the Guildhall at 6pm tonight.

Tom Piotrowski, from Worcestershire for Europe - the cross party group campaigning for a People’s Vote - said he was a member of the “forgotten minority” of EU citizens caught up in the midst of Brexit chaos.

“Under no deal Brexit our rights and the rights of British citizens in the EU 27 states can be guaranteed only by a series of bilateral treaties between the UK and individual EU nations,” he said. We are literally the bargaining chips without a voice. We will be asking Robin Walker at the meeting to kindly provide reassurances and explanations. Thousands of EU citizens in Worcestershire have their lives hanging in the unenviable and depressing balance.”

On our social media pages, Worcester News reader Paul Griffin said: “MPs are a waste of our democracy we voted leave no ifs, no buts, show no fear, he who dares wins.”

Marilyn Wood said: “There are about 63 million people in the UK. Only 17 million voted leave. 17 million foolish people throwing out my kid's futures.”

Miranda Davies said: “’We now need to find something parliament will get behind’ - shouldn’t you have done that 2.5 years ago?”

The latest YouGov poll has shown that 53 per cent of Worcester residents would vote remain in a new referendum - a reverse of the 2016 result when 53.7 per cent of city voters chose to leave the EU.

A previous poll carried out last summer, carried out by Focaldata, also found that 53 per cent of voters in the city would support remaining in the EU.