Summary

  • PM clashed with Labour leader in the Commons at Prime Minister's Questions

  • The prime minister discussed Brexit Jeremy Corbyn in Commons meeting

  • Theresa May set for more talks with EU leaders

  • MPs backed a proposal for her to renegotiate her Brexit deal

  • The EU says the withdrawal agreement is not open for renegotiation

  1. The view from Bridgend: 'I think it's quite frightening'published at 16:41 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2019

    BBC Radio 5 live

    Anna at Bridgend market

    5 Live reporter Rory Carson is spending the day in Bridgend in south Wales.

    Anna has run her bakery at the market for seven years:

    "I don't know what to think anymore," she said. "I voted out, whether or not I've done the right thing, I really don't know. I think it's quite frightening."

    Anna said she's particularly worried about shortages: "Prescriptions, medicines, they say they're going to be hard to get. It's a bit frightening. I'm an insulin dependent diabetic, I don't want there to be a shortage of insulin or anything else."

    Steven at Bridgend market

    Steven runs a sweet shop with his wife.

    He watched the results of the amendment votes last night: "I am a little bit sceptical about taking no-deal off the table, because it doesn't give you a bargaining chip.

    "We've been offered a deal that doesn't work for the UK.

    "Would I walk away? Probably."

    Click here to listen to 5 Live's Brexit coverage.

  2. Former Irish Europe minister predicts 'border chaos'published at 16:31 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2019

    Brexit

    BBC News Channel

    Lucinda Creighton, former Irish Europe minister says that as far as the EU is concerned, the deal and the negotiation is done, after two years. She says it's either acceptable or not.

    She says the Irish are wondering why the PM has "dug in" and "entrenched the position" by asking for something which isn't possible.

    She states that the Good Friday Agreement has not been a priority for the UK since the beginning of the EU referendum campaign.

    She adds that "there is a complete lack of understanding" as to what changes to the Irish Border will mean to the lives of people in Northern Ireland and for peace.

    As for her prediction, she thinks the Irish border "will be chaos" as it will not be possible to monitor new border checks and posts overnight.

  3. Farage: EU 'have humiliated' Theresa Maypublished at 16:29 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2019

    Brexit debate

    European Parliament
    Brussels

    Nigel FarageImage source, EBS

    Former UKIP leader Nigel Farage says the chances of a second referendum have decreased, but the chance of the UK leaving without a deal have gone up.

    He says this is because of the way EU politicians have been talking about the UK, and accuses them of "humiliating" Theresa May.

    He adds that "many" in the UK will conclude that "we're dealing with fanatics".

    Current UKIP leader Gerard Batten, who recently switched to the anti-EU ENF group in the Parliament, says the "best thing that can now happen" is for the UK to leave without a deal.

    If the UK Parliament stops this from happening, this will have "profound consequences" for faith in British democracy, he adds.

  4. 5 Live's #BrexitBarometer asks - who's happiest today?published at 16:20 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2019

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    BBC Radio 5 Live has been asking listeners who's feeling the happiest, Remainers or Leavers...

    Media caption,

    BBC Radio 5 Live asked for reactions after MPs voted to reopen negotiations.

  5. Reaction from EU was 'inevitable'published at 16:19 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2019

    Brexit

    BBC News Channel

    The BBC's Europe correspondent, Damian Grammaticas, says that both Jean-Claude Juncker and Michel Barnier say the deal was agreed with the UK government, and is not up for renegotiation.

    But, both have said that they are up for more discussions, and are "trying to persuade UK MPs" to come round to the deal.

    BBC chief political correspondent Vicki Young says that this kind of reaction from the EU was "inevitable".

    "Are they just coalescing and agreeing around a fantasy?" she asks of the Conservative party, "it makes them feel good, but what is going to happen when reality bites?"

    She says that arrangements and legal additions to the backstop may not be enough to some Brexiteers when the next round of votes take place in two weeks' time.

    "We know there are dozens of ministers willing to resign" over preventing a no-deal Brexit, she says - and 14 February, when the next votes are due to take place, could prove to be "high noon".

  6. Labour: PM 'interested in exploring details' of a customs unionpublished at 16:14 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2019

    Opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn has been meeting with Theresa May

    Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa MayImage source, HoC

    Following the meeting between Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa May, a Labour spokesperson has said that "there was a useful exchange of views".

    "We made the case for our plan. There was a detailed exchange of views on a customs union and single market relationship."

    The meeting was "serious and engaged" and both sides agreed to meet again soon.

    Asked several times if the PM had indicated whether she would be open to shifting her position on a customs union, the spokesperson said she seemed "interested in exploring details", but "they have their own set of priorities".

    The meeting was described as "very cordial".

  7. Verhofstadt: MPs have not given May 'clear mandate'published at 16:11 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2019

    Brexit debate

    European Parliament
    Brussels

    Guy VerhofstadtImage source, EBS

    Belgian Guy Verhofstadt, who is the Parliament's chief Brexit spokesman, says the UK Parliament has not given a "clear mandate" to Theresa May.

    He repeats a line he has used previously, that Brexit has become a problem for the whole EU having previously been a "cat fight within the Conservative party".

    He calls on Theresa May and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to "discuss content" during their meeting today rather than just "eating biscuits and drinking tea".

  8. More photos from PMQspublished at 16:08 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2019

    Parliament's official photographers were in the Commons this afternoon...

    Nigel DoddsImage source, UK Parliament/ Mark Duffy
    Image caption,

    DUP Westminster leader Nigel Dodds

    Theresa MayImage source, UK Parliament/ Mark Duffy
    Ian BlackfordImage source, UK Parliament/ Mark Duffy
    Image caption,

    SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford

  9. Tory MEP: There is now 'clearer road ahead'published at 16:07 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2019

    Brexit debate

    European Parliament
    Brussels

    Ashley FoxImage source, EBS

    Ashley Fox, who leads the British Conservative MEPs, says now is "not a moment for rhetoric".

    Last night's votes in Westminster mean there is now a "clearer road ahead if we choose to take it", he says.

    He says that the "backstop in its current form" will not avoid a hard border but will create it if it means a deal cannot be agreed.

    Reapeated "ad neasum" that the deal cannot be amended will not avoid this outcome, he says.

    He calls for talks to explore whether "time limits and exit mechanisms" can provide a way out of the dispute over the backstop issue.

  10. What decisions do MEPs make on Brexit?published at 16:03 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2019

    European Parliament Strasbourg plenaryImage source, European Parliament

    The European Parliament has not been directly taking part in Brexit negotiations, but must ratify any final deal before it comes into force.

    The 751-strong assembly has been co-ordinating its Brexit position through a small committee of senior MEPs known as the Brexit steering group.

    The assembly’s Brexit spokesman, Guy Verhofstadt, recently said MEPs will continue their ratification procedure of the November deal.

    He said this would send an "important political signal" that the withdrawal agreement will not be negotiated.

  11. Gualtieri: EU has already conceded on backstoppublished at 16:02 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2019

    Brexit debate

    European Parliament
    Brussels

    Roberto GualtieriImage source, EBS

    Another member of the steering group, Italian social democrat Roberto Gualtieri, says the "risk of no-deal has increased".

    He says replacing the backstop with so-called 'alternative arrangements' is "not a workable option".

    He says it is also worth pointing out that the EU has already agreed to change its original backstop proposal, to allow the whole of the UK to stay in a customs union [rather than just Northern Ireland].

    This was "not an easy concession", he says. He adds that the only alternative to avoid the need for a backstop is for the UK to ask for a closer relationship with the EU.

  12. May and Corbyn had 'detailed and useful exchange'published at 16:02 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2019

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  13. Watch: Barnier rejects alternative arrangements to backstoppublished at 16:02 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2019

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  14. Could Berlin nervousness help Theresa May?published at 15:57 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2019

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  15. German MEP: Backstop 'was British proposal'published at 15:54 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2019

    Brexit debate

    European Parliament
    Brussels

    Elmar BrokImage source, EBS

    The first MEP to speak is German Christian democrat Elmar Brok, who sits on the European Parliament's Brexit steering committee.

    He suggests this this is the "third or fourth time" that the UK side has proposed changing the Irish border backstop plan, and "nothing new" has been put forward by MPs.

    He adds that the backstop plan was a "British proposal" made during the negotiations.

    "You in London have to sit down and talk to each other," he says.

  16. A snapshot from the Commonspublished at 15:54 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2019

    Parliament’s official photographers were in the Commons today for PMQs...

    Jeremy CorbynImage source, UK Parliament/ Mark Duffy
    Theresa MayImage source, UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor
  17. Corbyn-May meeting lasted 45 minutespublished at 15:53 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2019

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  18. Peers continue debate on post-Brexit trade billpublished at 15:52 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2019

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    The Lords is continuing to debate the third of four days in the Trade Bill.

    The bill allows for the introduction of rules on trade arrangements after the UK has left the EU, and also establishes a Trade Remedies Authority.

    The TRA would be a new body set up by government in order to resolve trading disputes in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

    Last week, the Lords inflicted a defeat on the government, insisting that the Trade Bill must not progress to any further stages until formal trade procedures are put into the bill.

  19. MEP spots slip-up on European Parliament anunciatorpublished at 15:51 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2019

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  20. 'We need the backstop as it is' - Barnierpublished at 15:49 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2019

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    Continuing, Michel Barnier says the Irish border issue is also about protecting consumers within the EU's single market.

    "We owe that protection to all of those in the internal market," he adds, before denouncing a "blame game" from the UK.

    The EU has committed to work on finding alternative arrangements to replace the backstop "as soon as the withdrawal agreement is signed", he says.

    However he says at the moment no-one can say "what form these arrangements will take". He says the idea of time-limiting the backstop "undermines" the idea itself.

    "We need this backstop as it is," he tells the chamber.

    He repeats the EU position that they are ready to respond if the UK decides to "move beyond a simple trade agreement".