British Prime Minister Theresa May told her MPs Wednesday she plans to quit before the 2022 election, as she seeks their support in a confidence vote, lawmakers said. "She said she does not intend to lead the 2022 election," Conservative MP Alec Shelbrooke told journalists after the closed-door meeting, which was followed by a confidence vote whose results are expected around 2100 GMT.

The European Union's top court ruled on Monday that the British government may reverse its decision to leave the bloc without consulting other member states in a decision welcomed by those campaigning to stop Brexit. That had boosted the hopes of British Brexit opponents that a new referendum could be held that would prevent Britains scheduled departure on March 29, 2019.

The European Union's executive said it would not renegotiate its Brexit agreement sealed with British PM Theresa May. "We have an agreement on table," a spokeswoman for European Commission told reporters, recalling a-position expressed by President Jean-Claude Juncker. "We will not renegotiate." A day before the UK parliament could vote down May's Brexit deal, the spokeswoman said the bloc was ready for "all scenarios"