Summary

  • Theresa May to publish her new Brexit plan to Parliament on 21 January

  • Full debate and key vote on that plan on 29 January

  • PM holding talks with MPs and urges people to "work constructively together"

  • Jeremy Corbyn refuses to take part unless the PM rules out a no-deal Brexit

  • Mrs May has held meetings with the Lib Dems, SNP and Plaid Cymru

  • Government paper suggests new EU referendum would take "in excess of a year"

  1. May aims to avoid 'catastrophic split' in Toriespublished at 12:45 Greenwich Mean Time 16 January 2019

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  2. MPs need 'maximum flexibility' for Brexit consensuspublished at 12:45 Greenwich Mean Time 16 January 2019

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    Conservative MP and Chair of the Treasury Committee Nicky Morgan asks if the prime minister agrees that everyone must maintain "maximum flexibility" if a consensus on Brexit is to be reached.

    Theresa May says the government will engage with members across the House in "a constructive spirit", and asks all MPs to remember the focus of what they are doing which is to deliver Brexit.

  3. Another referendum backed by more than 80 MPspublished at 12:44 Greenwich Mean Time 16 January 2019

    A letter calling for another referendum has been signed by some 71 Labour MPs and 13 MEPs.

    The MPs say they backed the no-confidence motion, which was tabled by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, but say as a second option the party should "unequivocally" back another public vote.

    Earlier, a crowd of Labour MPs gathered outside Portcullis House to demand another referendum.

    Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has previously said a general election is his preferred course of action - and that a new referendum on the UK's relationship with the EU is "an option for the future" but "not an option for today".

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  4. Open further negotiations with Europe - Cleethorpes MPpublished at 12:43 Greenwich Mean Time 16 January 2019

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    Conservative Martin Vickers says he has previously wished openly that both sides of the Commons can come together and "coalesce" around an agreement. He urges further negotiations with Europe in "the hope of them showing some flexibility".

    Mrs May says that she wants to see a deal which can gain support in the House and in the European Union.

  5. PM 'tribal and cloth-eared', says Farronpublished at 12:42 Greenwich Mean Time 16 January 2019

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  6. May 'determined to deliver Brexit'published at 12:41 Greenwich Mean Time 16 January 2019

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    SNP MP Stewart M McDonald asks which of the prime minister's red lines she is willing to give up in compromise to ensure that a deal supported by the House can be achieved.

    Theresa May says the government will proceed constructively and in cooperation with others, but that she is determined to deliver the referendum result and Brexit.

  7. Varadkar steps up Irish Brexit no-deal planspublished at 12:41 Greenwich Mean Time 16 January 2019

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    The Irish government is putting plans in place should the UK leave the EU with no deal, Leo Varadkar has said.

    The taoiseach (Irish prime minister) said he would do everything he could to avoid no deal, but had to ensure the Republic of Ireland is fully prepared.

    "These are no longer contingency plans, they are being implemented," he said.

    Read more here.

  8. 'Living in febrile times'published at 12:40 Greenwich Mean Time 16 January 2019

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  9. PM 'needs to create environment for solution'published at 12:39 Greenwich Mean Time 16 January 2019

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    Tory MP Phillip Lee - who resigned from the government in opposition to Brexit - says the prime minister needs to recognise that in "these complex circumstances" what she needs to do is create an environment that allows for solutions to the "Brexit conundrum".

    He says she cannot carry on with her plan and expect a different outcome, she needs to find an alternative that MPs can support.

    The prime minister says the government will be talking to MPs from across Parliament, because "there is quite a variety of views across this House about what is right".

  10. 'Intriguing answer' opens door to delay?published at 12:37 Greenwich Mean Time 16 January 2019

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  11. Will PM's 'tweaks' to deal bridge the gap?published at 12:35 Greenwich Mean Time 16 January 2019

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  12. Tory MP asks PM to accept modifying her 'red lines'published at 12:34 Greenwich Mean Time 16 January 2019

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    Tory MP and Father of the House Ken Clarke says he listened to the "extraordinary range of views" expressed by MPs during the Brexit debate, and that it is obvious the only clear cross-party majorities in the House are "against leaving with no-deal, in favour of extending Article 50 to give more time, and in favour of a customs union".

    He asks if the prime minister will accept that she must "modify her red lines" and find a cross-party majority for a Brexit plan "which will be along the lines that I have indicated".

    Theresa May says Article 50 cannot be extended by the UK as it has to be extended in consultation and agreement with the EU.

    She says the EU would only extend Article 50 "if it is clear there was a plan moving towards an agreed deal".

  13. Veteran Tory heckled by colleagues over Brexit questionpublished at 12:33 Greenwich Mean Time 16 January 2019

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    Ken Clarke is being heckled by his party colleagues as he suggests where the majority Brexit view in the Commons might be found.

    Arch Brexiteer Andrew Bridgen, lurking behind him, can be seen heckling and laughing.

    Is there any version of Brexit which doesn’t split the Conservative Party?

  14. 'The onus is on Westminster' - Varadkarpublished at 12:30 Greenwich Mean Time 16 January 2019

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    Ireland's Taoiseach Leo Varadkar tells a news conference in Dublin that his government "profoundly regrets" the vote in the UK Parliament.

    He says a no-deal scenario would have "a deeply negative impact on jobs" and "would not protect the peace in Northern Ireland".

    "The onus is on Westminster to come up with solutions that they can support, but they must be solutions that the EU and Ireland can accept," he says.

    "We have always said that if the UK were to evolve from its red lines on the customs union and the single market that the European position would evolve also."

  15. Watch: No revoking Article 50, says PMpublished at 12:30 Greenwich Mean Time 16 January 2019

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  16. 'We need to deliver Brexit for the British people'published at 12:29 Greenwich Mean Time 16 January 2019

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    Conservative MP Helen Grant says the public perception of politicians will be "at an all time low" if Brexit does not happen.

    "I absolutely agree," the prime minister says.

    If Parliament fails to deliver "on what the British people instructed us to do" then the opinion of politicians will be at an all time low, she says.

    "We need to deliver Brexit for the British people."

  17. Watch: Labour leader says PM 'in state of denial'published at 12:29 Greenwich Mean Time 16 January 2019

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  18. Criticism of cross-party talks from Labour MPpublished at 12:28 Greenwich Mean Time 16 January 2019

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    Labour's Seema Malhotra says that last night the PM said cross-party talks would take place, but it now appears that these talks are to say "why her deal is best" and asking MPs how the deal can get through.

    Mrs May says that she will be talking to Parliamentarians in her own party and the DUP, as well as others. She says she wants to find out what it is that can gain support in the Commons.

  19. Labour MP calls for new referendumpublished at 12:26 Greenwich Mean Time 16 January 2019

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    Labour MP Peter Kyle says "everything has changed" and the PM has to change too.

    People are calling for a 'People's Vote', he says.

    When she became PM she promised to give people more say over their lives. He asks what the point of that promise was if she won't give them a say over Brexit.

    Mrs May says the UK voted to leave and it is a duty of government and Parliament to ensure they deliver on that.

    She says she wants to find a way forward with MPs' support.