Brexit? Nah, don't worry about that. Giving MPs a holiday is much more ...

MPs laughingWell, at least they are having a good time. Having betrayed the country, MPs are off on their hols (Image: UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor)

The Commons Leader added that it would also not sit on Friday, April 26.

Her announcement was met with cheers.

It means MPs will not sit at all next week and will return for just three days the following week.

MPs could face questions from some voters about why they are taking a break when a Brexit date has not been set and the Government has less than a month to win approval for the Prime Minister's withdrawal agreement to avoid triggering European Parliament elections in the UK.

EU Council President Donald Tusk, when announcing the latest delay in Britain's departure from the EU early yesterday, warned: "Please don't waste this time."

However, Downing Street aides gave their backing to the move.

A senior Tory source said: "Fundamentally, I think probably people could use a break."

Mrs May is expected to take a holiday herself next week, although officials declined to reveal her travel plans.

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MPs insist that much of their time spent away from Westminster including during recesses is on constituency work.

And they have been complaining that long hours and extra sitting days have put many on the brink of exhaustion and were clouding their political judgement.

A series of crunch votes on Theresa May's desperate attempt to win approval for her withdrawal agreement has also seen the Commons sit into the early hours on several occasions.

Yesterday the Prime Minister urged MPs to do their "national duty" by uniting behind her EU departure deal.

Striking a defiant tone after controversially agreeing a Brexit delay that could last until Halloween, the Prime Minister vowed to launch a fresh attempt to win Commons backing for her Withdrawal Agreement shortly after Easter.

She infuriated Brexiteer Tories by signalling that her Brexit talks with Labour were edging towards a cross-party plan for close customs links with the EU.

"Let us then resolve to find a way through this impasse so that we can leave the European Union with a deal as soon as possible," she told MPs shortly before meeting Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn at Westminster to pave the way for further cross-party negotiations.

"This is our national duty as elected members of this House - and nothing today is more pressing or more vital," she added.

Her appeal to MPs to put patriotism before party allegiances came as she updated the Commons on Thursday night's marathon seven-hour EU summit talks which agreed a flexible extension of the Article 50 EU exit process until October 31.

Tory Brexiteers, furious that the Prime Minister accepted the delay to the country's withdrawal from the EU rather than opt for a no-deal Brexit, directly

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