SOUTH Swindon MP Robert Buckland has called for all parties to work together after Theresa May revealed her ‘plan B’ for Brexit yesterday in the commons.

It comes after the prime minister was forced to rethink her strategy when her deal for leaving the EU was voted down by 202 votes to 430 last week.

In her speech the PM revealed she was still against holding a second referendum and revoking Article 50 to avoid crashing out of the EU without a deal.

Mr Buckland said after Mrs May’s statement: “It is time for MPs of all parties to work constructively with the prime minister so we can present a position to the EU that will command support in parliament.

“I have met the prime minister twice in the past few days and will do all I can to bring colleagues together as we seek to make changes that will command support.”

He added: “I think she is right to oppose a second referendum.”

But Sarah Church, Labour’s candidate for Swindon South said Mrs May must remove her red-lines if she wants negotiations to proceed, adding: “The prime minister seems not to appreciate the level of opposition across Parliament and the UK, to her Brexit deal. She needs to make a fundamental adjustment to command the support of MPs and this must start by removing all her red lines on the deal.

“It is clear that if she did this and included a customs union, then political leaders would consider her talks as serious attempts at consensus, rather than a sham. We mustn’t forget or underestimate the level of damage a no-deal Brexit would have on this country and to Swindon businesses. The prime minister must do all she can to prevent this.”

This was in line with Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn who said the government were in denial and had to remove no-deal as an option. Over the last week Mrs May has met with leaders of the DUP, SNP, Plaid Cymru and Greens to try to reach consensus on what to do next.

Mrs May also pledged to waiver the £65 settlement fee millions of EU citizens were going to have to pay to secure the right to continue living in the UK after Brexit.

As well as committing the government to avoiding a return to hard-border in Northern Ireland, she said that some reports in yesterday’s papers that she would reopen the Good Friday Agreement were untrue.

Speaking of the possibility of a second vote the PM said: “Our duty is to implement the decision of the first one. I fear a second referendum would set a difficult precedent that could have significant implications for how we handle referendums in this country.”