A fiercely critical Labour motion calling for a vote of no confidence in the Government has received a last minute rewording before a meeting tonight.

Redbridge Labour tabled a motion several weeks ago for tonight’s full council meeting calling for an immediate general election and a vote of no confidence in the government following its “shambolic” Brexit negotiations.

But according to leaked documents seen by the Guardian, that motion has had a major revamp ahead of this evening’s meeting at Redbridge town hall at 7pm.

Redbridge’s Labour group confirmed changes to the motion had been made and said this was in response to more details about the Brexit deal being published today, but a Labour councillor contradicted this saying the changes were discussed at a Labour Group meeting on Tuesday evening.

Instead of calling for a vote of no confidence in the Government, the new draft motion appears watered down.

It instead asks Redbridge Council officers to prepare a risk register of the likely impact of a no-deal Brexit on the borough to be presented to cabinet by January 2019.

The draft also instructs the authority’s chief executive to write to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, to request “adequate funding” to cover any costs identified in the risk register.

The new motion calls for clarity on the Brexit deal, stating that previous uncertainty has “placed considerable strain on the authority and its residents” and discusses the effects of Brexit on staffing both for the council and for local businesses.

There is no mention of the previous motion’s instructions for the chief executive to write to all four Redbridge MPs, requesting them to call for a vote of no confidence in the Government.

Instead, the new motion retains calls for a People’s Vote on the final Brexit deal, but focuses more on the local impact of Brexit.

Wanstead Village ward councillor Paul Donovan, who proposed the original motion, confirmed that the request for a vote of no confidence in the Government had been removed from the motion.

He said: “The first motion was written several weeks ago and this change came out of a Labour Group meeting on Tuesday night. There was just a feeling that we needed to be focusing more on local issues rather than taking a pop at the Government.”

A spokesman for Redbridge’s Labour Group gave a different explanation and said: “As a result of the Brexit deal being released by the Government, it was important to amend the motion that had previously been tabled. The thrust of the motion is still the same, however, the actions required of the council are pertinent to local residents.”

A spokesman for Redbridge Council added: “Subject to the requirements of the Council Constitution a new motion in respect of Britain’s exit from the European Union will be considered at the council meeting tonight. Until a formal decision is made at the meeting, the new motion has no formal status.”