Laura Kuenssberg
BBC political editor

Theresa May will front up in Brussels later - still the prime minister, still officially in charge.

One cabinet minister last night told me the whole challenge to her had been "futile", suggesting it hadn't really changed much. But it really has.

Mrs May has a temporary shield from another direct call for her departure from her own MPs. Angry Brexiteers can't try to move her out for another year in the same way.

That on its own is a sigh of relief certainly for her supporters, who were claiming a "good result" last night. But that does not remotely protect her from the brutal reality that she, right now, has no workable Brexit policy that can make it through the Commons.

Read more from Laura in her blog.

The BBC's political reporter Shelley Phelps is speaking to market stall holders in Birmingham today about how Brexit might affect them.

Prime Minister Theresa May managed to take some time to unwind after a busy day at the office, according to Sky News' political correspondent Tamara Cohen.

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Former Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith is calling on Theresa May to resolve her critics' concerns over the backstop by threatening to withhold the UK's £39bn divorce payment to the EU.

"We cannot go on just with the idea that a fiddle here and a fiddle there is what the problem is," he tells BBC Radio 4's Today programme.

"A compromise is there but it's the backstop which has to be resolved."

Mr Duncan Smith, who voted against Mrs May, urges her to "say to the EU now, 'your £39bn is fully at risk. We are not committed to the £39bn unless we get some resolution'.

"They know that this backstop can be completely replaced by an open borders policy. Push them to the point where they recognise they have to do that and it resolves everything."

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Conservative MP Ed Vaizey says he does not believe Theresa May can get any changes to her Brexit deal from Brussels.

"This is an amazing deal. It’s not going to be reopened," he tells BBC Breakfast.

“If the Archangel Gabriel arrived tomorrow with the deal from heaven, the Brexiteers would still find something wrong with it.”

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Labour must "break the gridlock" by backing a people's vote, Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable says.

He tells BBC Breakfast the prime minister's position has been weakened by the vote of confidence and her deal will still not get through Parliament.

He says Jeremy Corbyn has "a responsibility in this chaotic situation to come off the fence and support the idea of going back to the country".

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Theresa May survived the leadership challenge – are YOU behind her? 5 live Breakfast is measuring the nation's mood on Brexit.

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SNP MP Drew Hendry tells the BBC Labour has shown a "lack of leadership" and should call a vote of no confidence in Mrs May.

“They have a responsibility as the official opposition to bring forward measures to change this situation – they’ve got the power to do that and they’re not moving on it," the MP for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey says.

Labour says it will table a no-confidence motion that all MPs - not just Conservatives - will be able to vote on, when it feels it has a chance of winning it.

If no government is able to win a vote of confidence within 14 days it would force a general election.

Politics reporters are hot-footing it to Brussels early this morning, where Theresa May will be taking part in an EU summit.

Norman Smith
Assistant political editor

The BBC's assistant political editor Norman Smith says it's "a victory for Mrs May - but we have to say a Pyrrhic victory" - or one that takes a huge toll on the victor.

Rival camps, he tells BBC Radio 4's Today programme, are "oozing and loathing" in light of the prime minister's win on Wednesday night.

The "stand-out fact" is that Theresa May is now safe for 12 months - she can't face another confidence vote - but there is a large group of Tories who are "irreconcilable" to her leadership.

Asked if she'll be able to get her deal through, our correspondent says it looks "nigh-on impossible" due to the maths involved.

However, if she isn't going to be facing a general election as party leader and won't face another confidence vote, it could be that Mrs May is "freed to some extent from the shackles of her party" and can reach out "beyond her party".

"It seems to me that is the only way she is going to get through this bloc of 117 voting against her," he adds.

Will it be "lame duck for Christmas"? That's what the Daily Mirror is suggesting on its front page - saying Theresa May's "goose is cooked".

Unsurprisingly, the vote of confidence dominates the front pages of Thursday's newspapers.

The Daily Mail cries: "Now let her get on with the job!" - a sentiment echoed by the Daily Express, which says: "Now just let her get on with it."

But the Daily Telegraph asks when she will leave, the Guardian says May has been damaged by the "scale of rebellion", and the Sun says it's "time to call it a May".

Read more from the day's papers here.

The BBC's chief political correspondent Vicki Young looks at what the no confidence vote could mean for the prime minister's Brexit deal.

Less than 24 hours after surviving a vote of confidence, Theresa May is heading to Brussels for an EU summit.

The prime minister won the ballot on her leadership by 200 votes to 117 on Wednesday night.

Now she is seeking legally binding pledges from EU leaders on the Irish backstop - a key obstacle for critics of her Brexit deal.

The EU has said it will not renegotiate the deal but may be willing to give greater assurances on the temporary nature of the backstop, the BBC understands.

Adam Fleming
BBC Brussels correspondent

EU leaders will on Thursday consider a pledge that the EU would continue trying to negotiate a trade deal with the UK even if the Irish backstop had been triggered at the end of the transition period.

A draft of the European Council conclusions on Brexit say the EU would use its "best endeavours to negotiate and conclude expeditiously a subsequent agreement that would replace the backstop so that it would only be in place for a short period and only as long as strictly necessary.”

The Brexit Withdrawal Agreement only talks about best endeavours being used to reach an agreement during the transition period.

The BBC understands that the EU could also commit to working on further assurances for the UK, which could come in January.

This is a draft and could change when leaders consider it on Thursday. Some will quibble whether it counts as “legally binding” but it clearly indicates the kind of assurances the EU is prepared to offer.

The document also repeats that the Brexit deal is not open for renegotiation.

The BBC's political editor looked back over a day of drama at Westminster and what could come next.

Laura Kuenssberg said of Theresa May: "Her authority has taken a real knock today. The result was worse than Downing Street had hoped, and it was also something they thought would never actually come to pass.

"This threat has been dangled behind Theresa May for a very long time now, and this was a moment where it became real. It was suddenly all out in the open."

She told BBC News at Ten viewers from Downing Street: "This has been a very bad day for Downing Street, no question about that."

And looking ahead, our political editor told Huw Edwards: "There is no sign of an easy escape for her, or for them, or frankly for the rest of us, who are all passengers in this long-running Tory drama."