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UK PM Theresa May soldiers on amid rebellion over draft Brexit deal

Environment minister Gove asked to step in as Brexit secretary, but he too is reluctant

UK business backs Theresa May's Brexit deal but plans for the worst

"This agreement is only a draft," Rolls Royce Chief Executive Warren East told BBC radio

'Rebels to soon have enough support to trigger confidence vote against May'

"I think it probably is imminent, yes," he told the BBC

Theresa May battling to salvage Brexit draft deal and her political future

Amid the political turmoil, the pound dropped by 2% against the dollar

Brexit backstopped

UK headed for more turmoil and uncertainty

Indian-origin minister leads resignations in fresh Brexit jolt for PM May

Raab's resignation was followed by another pro-Brexit minister, work and pensions secretary Esther McVey, announcing that she is resigning from the Cabinet over the issue

Pro-Brexit MP questions May's leadership, submits letter of no-confidence

The British PM made an impassioned defence of the deal in a statement in the House of Commons

Theresa May's cabinet in chaos as Brexit minister Dominic Raab quits

Raab had backed Britain leaving the EU in the 2016 referendum, while Vara wanted the UK to stay in the bloc

Brexit negotiation: UK, EU agree on deal text; May Cabinet meets today

A European source said a technical agreement had been struck but still needed political approval both on the British and European sides

Brexit deal 'almost within touching distance', says UK PM May's close ally

Negotiators have been meeting late into the night in Brussels in a bid to close the remaining gaps

Brexit: How the Irish border became the biggest fight for EU and Britain

With Brexit drawing closer, Noeleen Hayes decided it was time to get her two sons Irish passports

UK PM Theresa May's parliamentary enforcers on prowl for big Brexit vote

UK government whips gearing up for tight Brexit vote

Brexit: Four UK ministers on verge of quitting, EU rejects latest plan

Theresa May is expected to meet with her cabinet this week

Theresa May loses a minister as Brexit progress hits snags at home

The UK is aiming for a breakthrough this month, and possible summit dates for the last weeks of November are being floated

Britain, EU may stay in temporary customs union to avoid hard Irish border

Prime Minister Theresa May has secured concessions from Brussels, with the EU agreeing to write an "all-UK" customs union into the divorce deal

Brexit: May's office dismisses all-UK customs deal report as 'speculation'

'This is all speculation. The Prime Minister has been clear that we are making good progress on the future relationship'

No sleep till Brexit: the city scrambles to deal with quitting the EU

With five months left to go, there are still many possible outcomes, including a snap election and the installation of Labour Party firebrand Jeremy Corbyn in 10 Downing Street

UK announces major expansion of diplomatic network as Brexit nears

For the first time, people from outside the civil service will be eligible to become ambassadors as the Foreign Office seeks to swell its numbers by almost 1,000

No-deal Brexit could lead to recession, 5.5% decline in UK's economy: S&P

Britain faces the prospect of an immediate and prolonged recession, spiking unemployment and inflation if it crashes out of the European Union in March with no deal on future relations, a leading credit ratings agency warned Tuesday. In a wide-ranging report, Standard & Poor's said a "no-deal Brexit could push the UK economy into a moderate recession and lower the economy's long-term growth potential." In 2019, for example, it predicts the British economy will shrink 1.2 per cent if no deal is agreed, against the growth of 1.3 per cent that it expects if a deal is reached. The report says failure to work out a deal would result in a 5.5 per cent decline in Britain's economy over three years relative to current expectations, and adds that most of the loss would "likely be permanent." Though S&P said its base case remains that Britain and the EU will come to some sort of agreement over their future economic relationship, it said it sees an "increasing risk that the UK will ...

When your divorce lawyer ditches you: Theresa May's latest Brexit problem

Geoffrey Cox brings 30 years' experience of courtroom legal arguments to his interventions in the debate