Brexit - as it happened: Theresa May must understand 'Britain is not the EU's equal', Leo Varadkar says
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Your support makes all the difference.Theresa May has been told to accept that Britain will not be a partner of "absolute equals" in Brexit talks as she arrived in Brussels for talks with European leaders.
The prime minister was due to try to explain why her cabinet is still at war on major issues with just four months to go when she meets her counterparts for dinner at the European Council summit later today.
Arriving at the summit, Ms May said she wanted to see "faster pace" of progress from both sides in the negotiations.
However European leaders ramped up the pressure on Ms May to intensify her efforts, with taoiseach Leo Varadkar describing the lack of progress "disappointing".
It comes after cabinet infighting moved into the open, with squabbling ministers clashing over Brexit and demands for cash for their departments.
But Ms May will have to find a way to unite her top team when they meet at her Chequers retreat next week to thrash out the future Brexit approach.
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Much to the delight of the rest of the attendees, Belgian PM Charles Michel has presented Theresa May with a Belgian football shirt ahead of the game tonight. She looks pleased...
Ireland’s prime minister has blasted the UK government’s preparedness for Brexit and said Britain should have come up with a proper plan for leaving two years ago.
Arriving in Brussels for a summit Leo Varadkar said Ireland and other EU countries would start preparations for the possibility of a ‘no deal’ and that the UK needed to come to terms with the fact it was not an equal partner in negotiations.
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MPs have moved a step closer to holding one of the architects of the Brexit campaign in contempt of Parliament.
The persistent refusal of Vote Leave director Dominic Cummings to appear before an influential select committee has now been passed to the Commons Privileges Committee, which can recommend a finding of contempt.
In theory, the Commons can order imprisonment or issue fines, but neither of these sanctions has been used for many years and a 2012 report said its powers were "untested in recent times".
Mr Cummings has previously accused the Digital, Culture, Media and Sports Committee of "grandstanding", telling members: "Your threats are empty ... I will not come to your committee regardless of how many letters you send or whether you send characters in fancy dress to hand me papers."
Damian Collins, chairman of the DCMS Committee, told MPs that Mr Cummings had operated with "general contempt".
He added: "I think these are incredibly serious matters. It does take something when an individual decides that their judgment should be set above that of the democratically elected Parliament of this country and that they have the right to disregard a motion of this House to decide if and when they give evidence to a select committee of this House and on what terms. That is not acceptable."
Mr Collins' committee is investigating the use of targeted online advertising during the 2016 referendum campaign, following allegations that Facebook users' private data may have been misused.
↵Here's our story on Lord Ashcroft's suggestion that ambitious firms move to Malta after Brexit.
Speculation is raging about a possible announcement of a £35bn deal to build Australian frigates. Downing Street has not even sent out a press release to journalists on this yet.
Michael Gove has replied to Liz Truss' mockery over a "wood-burning Gove".
Former Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith is under fire after linking Britain’s biggest business group to the appeasement of Nazi Germany in the 1930s after their Brexit warning.
The extraordinary remarks from the former Conservative leader follow an attempt by Theresa May to repair relations with businesses after cabinet ministers dismissed their economic "threats" over Brexit.
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