Summary

  • Theresa May has been back in Brussels to seek changes to the Brexit withdrawal deal

  • She met the Irish PM and the president of the European Council, before an EU summit

  • EU leaders insist the withdrawal deal can't be renegotiated - but say some points can be clarified

  • The PM has confirmed she will not fight the next general election

  • Mrs May remains Tory leader after surviving a confidence vote on Wednesday night

  • She won 200 votes, but 117 MPs voted against her

  1. May: Change in leadership would put country's future at riskpublished at 08:55 Greenwich Mean Time 12 December 2018

    Theresa May

    Mrs May says: "A change of leadership in the Conservative Party now would put our country's future at risk.

    "The new leader wouldn't have time to renegotiate... so one of their first acts would have be extending or rescinding Article 50.

    "The Conservatives must not be a single issue party."

  2. Mundell: Leadership vote is 'last thing we need'published at 08:54 Greenwich Mean Time 12 December 2018

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  3. May will fight votepublished at 08:50 Greenwich Mean Time 12 December 2018

    Theresa May says she will contest a leadership vote "with everything I have got".

  4. Duncan: Leadership challenge is 'reckless'published at 08:48 Greenwich Mean Time 12 December 2018

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    The Conservative MP for Rutland and Melton, Sir Alan Duncan, has told BBC Radio Leicester he's worried and dismayed that Theresa May will face a leadership challenge.

    He describes the actions of those who called for it as "reckless".

    He tells the station he will back the prime minister in tonight's vote.

  5. Hancock tweets support for the PMpublished at 08:47 Greenwich Mean Time 12 December 2018

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  6. Sturgeon: 'Vicious civil war causes chaos'published at 08:45 Greenwich Mean Time 12 December 2018

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  7. Leadership contest is 'self-indulgent' - Cablepublished at 08:44 Greenwich Mean Time 12 December 2018

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  8. Lidington: 'She has always put national interest first'published at 08:43 Greenwich Mean Time 12 December 2018

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  9. 'Businesses don't need uncertainty' - Clarkpublished at 08:42 Greenwich Mean Time 12 December 2018

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  10. Radio 5 Live listeners not impressed with Tory Party...published at 08:42 Greenwich Mean Time 12 December 2018

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  11. Pound back above $1.25published at 08:41 Greenwich Mean Time 12 December 2018

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    So the pound is now back above $1.25 - the level investors are likely to be watching during the day ahead of the confidence vote in Theresa May.

  12. Brexiteer Fox still backs Maypublished at 08:40 Greenwich Mean Time 12 December 2018

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  13. May due 'any moment'published at 08:37 Greenwich Mean Time 12 December 2018

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  14. Hannan: 'Do I want May as leader in a year's time?'published at 08:36 Greenwich Mean Time 12 December 2018

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  15. Tense times at the Conservatives' Christmas partypublished at 08:36 Greenwich Mean Time 12 December 2018

    Former Huffington Post UK editor Polly Curtis notes that the vote means some added drama at the Conservative Campaign Headquarters Christmas party tonight.

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  16. Jenkin: 'With May, no DUP support'published at 08:35 Greenwich Mean Time 12 December 2018

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    Conservative MP Bernard Jenkin says he will be one of those voting for a change of leadership tonight.

    Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, he said: "Mine was one of the letters that went in, with great regret.

    "I've done my best to work with Theresa, she has many admirable qualities.

    "But without the support of the DUP, the government does not have a majority and the DUP will not continue supporting the government if Theresa May stays in office."

  17. Watch: Brady on conversation with Maypublished at 08:34 Greenwich Mean Time 12 December 2018

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  18. 'Backing the PM 100%' - Govepublished at 08:33 Greenwich Mean Time 12 December 2018

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  19. Gauke: Leadership contest would delay Article 50published at 08:33 Greenwich Mean Time 12 December 2018

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  20. 'Party or personal'published at 08:31 Greenwich Mean Time 12 December 2018

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