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The crucial vote on Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal will be held on January 15, the BBC reported Monday, according to a government source. 

The news was released amid great pressure from members of Parliament. More than 200 MPs, both Leave and Remain supporters, have reportedly signed a letter to Theresa May, urging her to rule out the no-deal Brexit.

A bold attempt to cripple a no-deal Brexit has been plotted. Senior Tory and Labour MPs, led by former Labour cabinet minister Yvette Cooper, have joined forces aiming to starve the government of cash and create a shutdown. MPs will vote on two amendments to the Finance Bill, which are due before the Commons on Tuesday. The amendments would make government spending on no-deal measures illegal without Parliament’s explicit consent.

Demonstrators hold flags and placards as they march during the anti-Brexit People's Vote march, in London, UK, Oct. 20, 2018. 

May's deal, which covers the terms of the UK's divorce and the framework of future relations with the EU, has already been agreed to by EU leaders last November. With March 29, the final date that Britain officially exits the EU, approaching, the consensus between Leave and Remain supporters on whether a no-deal Brexit is acceptable is yet to be meet. And despite May’s efforts, the argument of whether Brexit will be a “hard-landing” is still white hot.

Dame Caroline Spelman, a former environment secretary for two years in David Cameron’s government and a Remain supporter, said to the BBC that "crashing out" of the EU without a deal would cause job losses. "We are united on one thing -- we want to protect jobs and livelihoods by making sure we don't crash out without a deal," she said.

Former foreign secretary Boris Johnson wrote in the Daily Telegraph that the option of leaving the EU with no deal is "closest to what people actually voted for" in the 2016 EU referendum. And Tory MP Damian Green, an ex-cabinet minister, said the onus was on the MPs to say what deal they would support.

Another spotlight on Brexit negotiations is the backstop which determines whether there will be a hard border on the island of Ireland. 

A sign for 'No border' is seen on the border between Northern Ireland and Ireland in Jonesborough, Northern Ireland December 10, 2018. 

“In the face of the EU’s unwillingness so far to move, it is the duty of the UK government to stand firm” against the EU’s “bad deal,” Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) Deputy Leader Nigel Dodds said in a statement. “The backstop remains the poison which makes any vote for the Withdrawal Agreement so toxic,” he said. 

May warned on Sunday that the UK faces “uncharted territory” if Parliament votes down her deal. May said she would redouble her efforts to win MP votes, while the UK’s March exit was “in danger” if MPs don’t back her deal.