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. Newspapers in Hungary: Brexit crisis is "tragicomedy"published at 12:35 Greenwich Mean Time 17 January 2019

    BBC Monitoring

    According to BBC Monitoring, the press in Hungary have described Theresa May winning the no-confidence vote in Parliament a day after a crushing defeat of her Brexit deal as a "tragicomedy".

    But at the same time, Mrs May was praised in the newspaper Magyar Idok as the only defender of the will of the British people, while Heti Vilaggazdasag praised Theresa May's perseverance.

  2. Germany 'stepping up Brexit preparations'published at 12:33 Greenwich Mean Time 17 January 2019

    The German foreign minister Heiko Maas has said Germany will step up its preparations for any disorderly Brexit, according to Reuters.

    He added: "In the coming days and weeks, we will do everything we can so that Britain exits with and not without an agreement."

  3. DUP outside Number 10: PM in "listening mode"published at 12:28 Greenwich Mean Time 17 January 2019

    Northern Ireland"s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Arlene Foster and deputy Nigel Dodds speak to the press outside Downing streetImage source, AFP
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    DUP deputy leader Nigel Dodds and leader Arlene Foster leave Downing Street

    Prime Minister Theresa May is in "listening mode" and there is optimism that a Brexit deal can still be reached, the DUP has said after meeting the PM on Thursday morning.

    Party leader Arlene Foster and her deputy Nigel Dodds spoke with Mrs May, who is holding talks with parties from across parliament as she seeks to reach a consensus on Brexit.

    Mr Dodds said engagement with Mrs May had been "good" and talks would continue.

    Mrs Foster said the DUP did not want to provide a running commentary on the issue but believed the party had made a "clear ask" in relation to its concerns around the Irish border backstop.

    "She has a way through this... address the backstop in a satisfactory way," added Mr Dodds.

  4. What could the question be in any new referendum?published at 12:26 Greenwich Mean Time 17 January 2019

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    Guto Bebb is one of the Conservative MPs supporting the "Right to Vote" campaign which is calling for another EU referendum.

    Asked on BBC Radio 5 Live earlier what he'd like the question to be in any new referendum, he says it would be a choice between whatever Parliament's final option is for Brexit, and to remain.

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  5. MP with claustrophobia wants changes to how politicians votepublished at 12:22 Greenwich Mean Time 17 January 2019

    Scottish National Party MP Marion Fellows says she has previously received treatment for claustrophobia.

    On Tuesday night, during the Brexit vote, she describes how she had to be helped by a colleague after feeling "very uncomfortable".

    She is now "pleading" for a debate on the health and safety issues of how MPs vote.

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  6. How many days left until Brexit?published at 12:19 Greenwich Mean Time 17 January 2019

    The prime minister has said she is willing to meet MPs from all parties in order to get a Bexit deal - but how long does she actually have?

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  7. Jeremy Corbyn sets out conditions for talks with PMpublished at 12:14 Greenwich Mean Time 17 January 2019

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  8. How does the MP voting system work?published at 12:11 Greenwich Mean Time 17 January 2019

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  9. More Tory MPs arrive at Cabinet Officepublished at 12:07 Greenwich Mean Time 17 January 2019

    Nicky Morgan MPImage source, Getty Images
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    Chair of the Treasury select committee, Nicky Morgan

    Conservative Party MP Andrew MitchellImage source, Getty Images
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    Conservative Party MP Andrew Mitchell

    Conservative MPs Nicky Morgan and Andrew Mitchell have also been seen arriving at the Cabinet Office on Thursday morning.

    Ms Morgan - who supported Remain in the EU referendum - is chair of the Treasury select committee and voted for Theresa May's Brexit deal this week.

    Mr Mitchell also voted Remain, but chose to rebel and vote against Mrs May's Brexit deal.

  10. Environment secretary wants farming 'customs arrangement'published at 11:59 Greenwich Mean Time 17 January 2019

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    Environment minister George Eustice

    Environment Secretary Michael Gove wants a "customs arrangement" for farmers after Brexit, according to environment minister George Eustice.

    Mr Eustice stood in for Mr Gove - who was in Number 10 discussing Brexit - in the House of Commons on Thursday morning.

    Labour MP David Drew raised the issue, saying: "The Irish Farmers Association made it very clear to me how vital it is to get a long-term customs arrangement in place as soon as possible and they say that's shared by farmers in Northern Ireland."

    In response, Mr Eustice said Mr Gove is speaking with opposition parties "to establish a consensus so we can indeed have a customs arrangement after March".

  11. Corbyn quizzed about new referendumpublished at 11:53 Greenwich Mean Time 17 January 2019

    Quizzed about a new referendum, Mr Corbyn said: "The question of another referendum is on the table."

    He says Labour "are running though a sequence of events".

    The first event was to vote down Mrs May's deal, which has been done.

    The second was the motion of no confidence, which failed.

    Mr Corbyn then states he would still like a general election.

    If that fails then he says a referendum is possible but it "cannot be a re-run" of the 2016 vote.

    "There has to be a discussion about the options we put forward," he says.

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  12. Liberal Democrats arrive in Whitehallpublished at 11:47 Greenwich Mean Time 17 January 2019

    Tom Brake (left) and Alistair Carmichael in WhitehallImage source, PA
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    Lib Dems Tom Brake and Alistair Carmichael in Whitehall

    The Liberal Democrat's Brexit spokesman, Tom Brake, and the party's chief whip, Alistair Carmichael, are in Westminster.

    Both voted against Mrs May's Brexit deal on Tuesday, and then supported the motion of no-confidence in the government on Wednesday.

    Theresa May has been speaking to ministers, senior Tories and MPs from other parties this morning to determine her plan B for Brexit.

  13. Corbyn: Labour 'sensible, serious and positive' about its planpublished at 11:41 Greenwich Mean Time 17 January 2019

    Mr Corbyn finishes by saying he is "sensible, serious and positive" about Labour's Brexit plan, which, he adds, he is happy to talk to Mrs May about (as long as she rules out no deal).

    Finally, he says he wants to "bring people together" and live in a country that does not rely on "food banks, on pay-day loans".

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  14. Leave Means Leave co-chair: No-deal will be great for UKpublished at 11:39 Greenwich Mean Time 17 January 2019

    The co-chair of Leave Means Leave, Richard Tice, speaks on BBC Radio 5 Live.

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  15. What does the DUP want from Brexit talks?published at 11:36 Greenwich Mean Time 17 January 2019

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    The DUP insists it will not support a Brexit plan unless the Irish border backstop is time-limited or removed from the withdrawal dealImage source, Getty Images

    On Wednesday, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) supported the government in a no-confidence vote.

    But just a day before, its 10 MPs voted against Theresa May's Brexit plan, which led to the biggest government defeat in modern times.

    How should we read the party's actions?

    Read more here.

  16. Corbyn: Labour could back new referendumpublished at 11:31 Greenwich Mean Time 17 January 2019

    Mr Corbyn says that "if the government remains intransigent", it does not call a general election or does not design a deal Labour can support, then it is time to look at other options.

    Those options, he says, include "that of a public vote".

    However, he makes clear a new referendum should be seen as a last resort.

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  17. Corbyn: May should call new general electionpublished at 11:27 Greenwich Mean Time 17 January 2019

    Mr Corbyn has now suggested Theresa May should call a general election.

    "We have a government in name only," he says.

    "If the government had any confidence in itself, it would go back to the people for a new mandate."

    He adds that an election is the only way to "find a solution that works for the whole country".

  18. MPs leave Cabinet Officepublished at 11:25 Greenwich Mean Time 17 January 2019

    Conservative MPs including Owen Paterson, Theresa Villiers, David Davis, Steve Baker, Mark Francois and Iain Duncan Smith left the Cabinet Office shortly after 11 this morning.

    They declined to answer any questions from the waiting media.

    Tory MPs Owen Paterson, David Davis MP and Steve BakerImage source, Getty Images
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    Tory MPs Owen Paterson, David Davis MP and Steve Baker

  19. Corbyn: 'Take no deal off the table'published at 11:25 Greenwich Mean Time 17 January 2019

    Corbyn

    Mr Corbyn continues by saying the PM's offer of talks last night were a "stunt".

    "I will say again I'm quite happy to talk - but the starting point is that the threat of a disastrous no deal outcome is taken off the table."

    He adds: "Take no deal off the table now please, prime minister."

    If she doesn't, he says, it will show "she isn't serious" about getting a Brexit deal through the Commons.

  20. Corbyn: PM 'unable to grasp what is happening'published at 11:22 Greenwich Mean Time 17 January 2019

    Corbyn

    Addressing a crowd in Hastings, Mr Corbyn begins by saying it is "really great" to be there and that Labour plans to "stop, challenge and change" the way south coast towns are run.

    On Brexit, he starts by getting the day of the debate wrong, suggesting it took place yesterday, rather than the day before.

    He goes on to describe her deal as "dead".

    "We have to realise the prime minister is completely unable to grasp what is happening," he says.