Prime Minister Theresa May is due to present her deal on Britain’s EU withdrawal to the Commons.
Dominic Raab sensationally quit as Brexit Secretary on Thursday morning, in a massive blow to the PM’s plans.
Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey then followed suit.
Here’s the latest reaction:
10.10am
In a resignation letter, Ms McVey cited concerns over the future of the Union and a lack of control over money, law, borders and trade policy under a deal she felt kept the UK too close to Brussels.
The Tatton MP wrote: “The British people have always been ahead of politicians on this issue, and it will be no good trying to pretend to them that this deal honours the result of the referendum when it is obvious to everyone that it doesn’t.
“We have gone from no deal is better than a bad deal, to any deal is better than no deal.
“I cannot defend this, and I cannot vote for this deal. I could not look my constituents in the eye were I to do that.
“I therefore have no alternative but to resign from the Government.”
10.05am
Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey has resigned, saying the Brexit deal “does not honour the result of the referendum”.
10.02am
10am
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable said: “The Government started Britain on a journey with no actual idea of their route or their destination. The Conservative Government is in meltdown and it’s clear the Conservatives are now driving the country off a cliff.
“The Tories are finally realising what we have always known. There is no way to prevent Brexit from leaving our country worse off.
“A People’s Vote on the final Brexit deal, where they can choose to remain in the EU, is the only route out of this uncertainty. It is time people had the power to end this mess.”
9.40am
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9.35am
Shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer said: “This is now an incredibly serious situation. The Prime Minister’s Brexit deal has fallen at the first hurdle.
“When Theresa May makes her statement to Parliament this morning she can’t stand up and say ‘nothing has changed’. She needs to urgently to rethink her approach.”
9.12am
Former Ukip leader Nigel Farage congratulated Mr Raab for his resignation and called for more to follow.
9.10am
Remain-backing Conservative MP Anna Soubry said Mr Raab’s resignation marks “the end” of Mrs May’s withdrawal agreement, and called for a government of national unity.
9.05am
Health Secretary Matt Hancock refused to confirm or deny reports that he told Wednesday’s Cabinet meeting he “could not guarantee that people would not die” if no Brexit deal was agreed.
He told the Today programme he would not go into what people had said behind closed doors, but said the prospect of no deal was “not pretty” for healthcare.
Matt Hancock leaves 10 Downing Street (Victoria Jones/PA)
9am
Dominic Raab has resigned as Brexit Secretary, saying he “cannot in good conscience support the terms proposed for our deal with the EU”.
8.40am
Esther McVey leaves her home in London (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey, who was said to have argued against the Brexit agreement and called for a Cabinet vote, was tight-lipped on the matter on Thursday morning.
“Thank you and good morning,” she said as she left her London flat.
8.30am
8.15am
Shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer said that Mrs May’s plan had only seven pages out of more than 500 looking at the future relationship with the EU, of which three were on trade.
He told BBC Radio 4’s Today: “There is nothing in there about a comprehensive customs union and if you look at those seven pages, it must be the first time in history that what is proposed is a trade agreement that makes it harder to trade, not easier to trade.”
8.00am
At the conclusion of the press conference in Brussels, EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier said: “This is a very important moment. What we have agreed at negotiators’ level is fair and balanced, takes into account the UK’s positions, organises the withdrawal in an orderly fashion, ensures no hard border on the island of Ireland and lays the ground for an ambitious new partnership.”
Mr Barnier said he would now travel to Strasbourg to discuss the agreement with the European Parliament, adding: “We have no time to lose.”
7.45am
Shailesh Vara has quit as Northern Ireland Minister, saying he cannot support Mrs May’s Brexit agreement, which he said “leaves the UK in a halfway house with no time limit on when we will finally be a sovereign nation”.
7.30am
The European Council will hold an extraordinary summit in Brussels on November 25 to finalise the UK’s withdrawal agreement, council president Donald Tusk has announced.
Speaking alongside EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier at a press conference in Brussels, Mr Tusk said Brexit was a “lose-lose situation” for the UK and EU, and sent a message to the British people: “As much as I am sad to see you leave, I will do everything to make this farewell the least painful possible, for you and for us.”
EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier delivers the draft withdrawal agreement to European Council president Donald Tusk in Brussels (Francisco Seco/AP)
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