Summary

  • The European Council agrees to delay Brexit until 22 May if PM's deal approved by MPs

  • If the deal is not approved, the European Council says an extension until 12 April will apply

  • 'Almost everything is now in the hands of British Parliament and government,' says Donald Tusk

  • Theresa May stresses importance of MPs approving deal next week to 'end uncertainty'

  • PM says she will 'work hard to build support to get her deal through'

  • A petition on the Parliament website calling for Brexit to be cancelled passes three million signatures

  1. Brexit going to extra time?published at 11:34 Greenwich Mean Time 22 March 2019

    The creators of 'Have I Got News For You' wade into the latest development.

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  2. Tory MP: PM 'offering not a grievance but a solution'published at 11:27 Greenwich Mean Time 22 March 2019

    House of Commons
    Parliament

    Tory MP Roger Gale says he is disappointed MPs criticised the PM's speech.

    He says MPs have been "very good" at finding things they don't agree on, and "not so good" at finding things they do.

    "The prime minister was offering not a grievance but a solution," he says, urging MPs to vote for the PM's Brexit deal when it does come back to the house.

  3. 'Surprising' if indicative votes were not free votespublished at 11:25 Greenwich Mean Time 22 March 2019

    House of Commons
    Parliament

    Replying to a question about indicative votes - in which MPs can indicate what Brexit next steps they will support - Mr Kwarteng says "it would be surprising if those votes were not free votes".

    But he says the decision on that is ultimately a decision for the whips.

    He later clarifies that he was not referring to the meaningful vote.

  4. 'No Deal is for the birds'published at 11:24 Greenwich Mean Time 22 March 2019

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  5. Francois: 'I believe MPs will reject Brexit deal again'published at 11:19 Greenwich Mean Time 22 March 2019

    Urgent Question

    House of Commons
    Parliament

    Tory MP and member of the European Research Group of Brexiteers, Mark Francois, says he believes MPs will reject the PM's Brexit deal for a third time if a "meaningful vote" is held.

    "Not least," he says, because of the PM's speech on Wednesday night "when she attacked members of the House".

    "I think it will not go through," he says.

    "If that is the case, will the minister confirm that we cannot extend again beyond 12 April, even if the EU council wants us to, unless the UK agrees?"

    Mr Kwarteng replies: "If it is voted down, they (the EU) will not be able to impose on this House any exit terms, we will have to have some consent in this House on the way forward."

  6. Government's 'full intention' to hold vote next weekpublished at 11:15 Greenwich Mean Time 22 March 2019

    Urgent Question

    House of Commons
    Parliament

    Brexit minister Kwasi Kwarteng tells MPs that it is the government's "full intention" to bring a third "meaningful vote" to the house next week.

    He does not confirm a day.

  7. PM is 'incapable of accepting' Brexit deal votepublished at 11:10 Greenwich Mean Time 22 March 2019

    Urgent Question

    House of Commons
    Parliament

    Shadow Brexit minister Matthew Pennycock is asking an urgent question in the House of Commons about the Article 50 extension.

    He says the prime minister made a "divisive" speech on Wednesday night, saying that MPs have made a decision - by voting down her Brexit deal twice by historic margins.

    He says Theresa May is "incapable of accepting" this result.

    He asks whether the government can confirm a meaningful vote next week and what the contingency plan is if it is voted down.

    "In short, it is time we took back control," he says.

  8. Will there be a meaningful vote 3.0?published at 11:10 Greenwich Mean Time 22 March 2019

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    Sky's political editor Faisal Islam explains how the government will attempt to hold a third meaningful vote on Theresa May's Brexit deal.

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  9. Tory MP admits two expenses chargespublished at 11:03 Greenwich Mean Time 22 March 2019

    Tory MP Christopher Davies has pleaded guilty at Westminster Magistrates' Court to two expenses charges.

    The MP for Brecon and Radnorshire admitted to one charge of providing false or misleading information for allowances claims and one of attempting to do so.

    Christopher DaviesImage source, PA
  10. 'Real Brexit negotiations still to come'published at 11:02 Greenwich Mean Time 22 March 2019

    The European Policy Centre's chief executive says the current debate is the end of the beginning...

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  11. 'We need a Churchill not a Chamberlain'published at 10:59 Greenwich Mean Time 22 March 2019

    Tory MP Michael Fabricant expresses disappointment the UK is not leaving the EU on 29 March.

    "Even the Bank of England now say that a no-deal Brexit is workable given the tranche of legislation that has been passed since November on both sides of the Channel," he tells the Press Association.

    "At this difficult time we need a Churchill, not a Chamberlain."

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  12. MPs take a moment to remember PC Keith Palmerpublished at 10:52 Greenwich Mean Time 22 March 2019

    At 11:00 MPs will hold a minute's silence in memory of PC Keith Palmer and the victims of the Westminster terror attack two years ago.

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  13. Same choice remainspublished at 10:45 Greenwich Mean Time 22 March 2019

    Italian newspapers respond to the Brexit delay

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    The world through its media

    The liberal Italian daily La Repubblica notes that in a few weeks the UK will once again have to choose between a chaotic exit and a request for a new postponement, "which may last for nine to 15 months and has been thus far rejected by the Conservative prime minister".

    "The subtext is clear, at least to the Europeans: to give time for Parliament and political forces in London to constrain May to resign and call new general elections in the UK in order to change the political scenario," the paper suggests.

    The right-wing daily Il Giornale saw sports analogies in the new Brexit plan. "Wrestling continues between Brussels and the UK, and boxing is not ruled out. The stability of the May government hangs by a thread," the paper says.

    According to centrist daily La Stampa the solution agreed at the summit enables the EU to "impose its conditions on May at the moment when many suspect that the British prime minister would prefer a no-deal exit to a softer version of Brexit".

  14. EU leaders to approve legal decision to delay Brexitpublished at 10:41 Greenwich Mean Time 22 March 2019

    Adam Fleming
    BBC Brussels correspondent

    The leaders of the EU27 will have a short session on Brexit at their summit today to adopt the final legal decision to extend the Article 50 process.

    Lawyers for the European Council are drafting the document, based on last night’s written summit conclusions.

    The decision will confirm that the UK will leave the EU on 12 April if it hasn’t approved the Brexit deal or come up with an acceptable plan for an alternative, which would involve participation in the European Parliament elections.

  15. Latvian prime minister says May doesn't seem to want a no-deal Brexitpublished at 10:36 Greenwich Mean Time 22 March 2019

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  16. Everything you need to know about yesterday's EU summitpublished at 10:30 Greenwich Mean Time 22 March 2019

    Brexitcast is the Brexit podcast from the BBC people are all talking about

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    SOUND THE BREXITCAST KLAXON!

    If you're uncertain what happened at yesterday's EU summit, then a crack squad of BBC reporters has assembled like a team of European policy Avengers to explain all.

    Political editor Laura Kuenssberg, Europe editor Katya Adler, political correspondent Chris Mason and Brussels reporter Adam Fleming stayed up until the early hours of Friday to examine what the Brexit delay means.

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  17. EU 'can't do more' - Luxembourg's PMpublished at 10:23 Greenwich Mean Time 22 March 2019

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  18. EU 'tightening screws on UK'published at 10:20 Greenwich Mean Time 22 March 2019

    Highlights from newspapers in the Netherlands

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    Dutch papers say the Brexit delay agreed by the EU has shown Brussels is now taking a more resolute stance on the UK's withdrawal from the bloc.

    The centre-left daily De Volkskrant said the EU "is tightening the screws on the UK".

    "Next week, London will have one more chance for an orderly withdrawal from the EU before summer." it writes.

    Meanwhile, the centre-right daily De Telegraaf said Brexit was delayed "mainly because there is really no alternative".

    "Except for a handful of hard Brexiteers, who see a no-deal scenario as a real and true form of Brexit, nobody in the British Parliament or on the European continent would be happy with such a terrible scenario," the daily said.

  19. '517 hours' to Brexitpublished at 10:12 Greenwich Mean Time 22 March 2019

    A Twitter account which has been counting down the hours until Brexit has just reset to April 12 - the date the UK will leave the European Union if Parliament unless it passes Theresa May's deal, is allowed to consider and can agree on alternatives, or revokes Article 50.

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