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Theresa May says she understands "the voice of the country" on Brexit, despite her own vocals wavering.

Battling a sore throat at Prime Minister's Questions, she insisted the UK can still leave the EU with a "good deal" and said she would vote later to rule out a no-deal exit on 29 March.

But Mrs May warned MPs they faced "hard choices" having rejected her deal for a second time.

Jeremy Corbyn called on the PM to change course after the defeat.

He said the deal had been "decisively rejected" and it was time for the prime minister to change her red lines.

After the Commons rejected Mrs May's Brexit deal by 149 votes on Tuesday, the EU has warned the risk of a "disorderly" Brexit has never been higher.

Its chief negotiator Michel Barnier said the EU "cannot go any further" in trying to persuade MPs to back the agreed terms of exit and the UK had to break the impasse.

MPs will vote at 19.00 GMT on whether to block the UK from leaving the EU without an agreement later this month.

Wednesday's vote only applies to the 29 March deadline and would not rule out the prospect of a no-deal exit later this year, if Parliament is ultimately unable to agree a way forward.

May and Corbyn clash over Brexit deal

The Labour leader said the prime minister was in denial about her own deal's lack of support after MPs rejected by a margin of 149 votes.

He suggested his alternative plan to remain in a customs union was "the only show in town".

"Isn't it time she moved on from her red lines and faced the reality of the situation she has got herself, her party, this parliament and this country into?" he said.

But dismissing calls from Tory MPs to embrace a no-deal exit now, Mrs May said her deal remained the best way to honour the 2016 referendum result.

"I may not have my own voice but I understand the voice of the country," she said.

"I believe we have a good deal. No deal is better than a bad deal but I have been working for us to leave on 29 March and leave with a good deal."

The EU has urged the UK to take "responsibility" for its actions.

"Again the House of Commons says what it doesn't want," Mr Barnier told the European Parliament. "Now this impasse can only be solved in the UK.

The EU, he suggested, had gone "as far as it possibly can" to satisfy MPs' concerns over the agreement, particularly in relation to the backstop, an insurance policy to stop a hard border on the island of Ireland.

"If the UK still wants to leave the EU in an orderly manner, this treaty is, and will remain, the only treaty possible," he said.