Brexit vote result - LIVE: Cabinet ministers rebel as Theresa May's bid to keep no-deal Brexit on the table ends in yet another humiliating defeat

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What happens now with Brexit?

Theresa May has suffered a humiliating defeat after MPs voted to completely take the option of a no-deal Brexit off the table.

MPs voted by 312 votes to 308 in favour of an amendment that was stronger than the government's own motion in its opposition to a no-deal outcome.

Ms May's motion said the Commons "declines to approve" leaving without a deal on March 29, but said the only way to avoid this is to pass an agreement. The amendment passed by MPs removed this caveat and simply said the Commons "rejects" a no-deal Brexit.

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​Earlier, chancellor Philip Hammond used his Spring Statement to downgrade growth forecasts and warn MPs that uncertainty over Brexit was damaging the economy.

It came after ministers revealed plans to scrap tariffs in the event of the UK crashing out of the European Union without a deal as MPs prepare to vote on a no-deal Brexit.

Under a temporary and unilateral regime, EU goods arriving from the Republic of Ireland and remaining in Northern Ireland will not be subject to tariffs – a prospect likely to increase the risk UK jobs would be lost. Charges will however be payable on goods moving from the EU into the rest of the UK via Northern Ireland under a schedule of rates also released today.

Key Points

• Theresa May suffers fresh Brexit defeat as MPs vote to rule out no deal
• Jeremy Corbyn tells prime minister: 'This is no way to run a country'
• Philip Hammond slashes growth forecast and issues fresh warning over no-deal Brexit
• Tariffs on most imports to be scrapped if there is no-deal outcome, government says
• No Brexit is a bigger risk than no-deal, Stephen Barclay says 

[13 March 2019 20:03 · Ashley Cowburn]

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said that parliament must now take control of the Brexit process and his party will work across the House of Commons to seek a compromise solution. 

He said: "In the last 24 hours Parliament has decisively rejected both her deal and no deal.

"While an extension of Article 50 is now inevitable, responsibility for that extension lies solely and squarely at the Prime Minister's door."

Calling on Parliament to "take control", Mr Corbyn said MPs must now find a "compromise solution" - including a People's Vote - as "that's what we were elected to do".

[13 March 2019 20:07 · Ashley Cowburn]

[13 March 2019 20:09 · Ashley Cowburn]

Sarah Newton has resigned as a minister at the Department for Work and Pensions over the Brexit vote, a DWP source has told the Press Association.

[13 March 2019 20:20 · Ashley Cowburn]

This is the government's Article 50 motion, which MPs will vote on tomorrow in the House of Commons. An extension beyond 30 June, the government says, will require the UK to take part in the 2019 European Parliament election.

[13 March 2019 20:26 · Ashley Cowburn]

The division list showed no vote was record on the amended Government motion by the following Conservative ministers.

This means they abstained on the main motion, unless they had a legitimate reason not to attend the vote.

Solicitor General Robert Buckland,

Foreign Office minister Alistair Burt,

Business Secretary Greg Clark,

Defence minister Tobias Ellwood,

Justice Secretary David Gauke,

Business minister Richard Harrington,

Culture minister Margot James,

Education minister Anne Milton, 

Scottish Secretary David Mundell,

Business minister Claire Perry

Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd. 

[13 March 2019 20:34 · Ashley Cowburn]

Labour MP Jess Phillips said she would back a 21-month extension to Article 50.

Ms Phillips told the Press Association: "I would want to see a purposeful, long extension that was for something, not just for more of the same."

[13 March 2019 20:45 · Ashley Cowburn]

The PMs official spokesman said there were no plans for indicative votes.

"We have no plans for indicative votes, I think I've said that on a number of occasions.

"What you have seen in parliament in recent weeks is a series of plans being put before parliament by opposition parties and they have all been rejected."

[13 March 2019 20:50 · Ashley Cowburn]

On decision not to sack ministers who abstained, Conservative MP Mark Francois tells Sky News: "The collective responsibility has disintegrated - you might as well tell the whips to pack up and go home.

"The government is barely in office"

[13 March 2019 21:06 · Ashley Cowburn]

Stephen Hammond - a government minister - said he refused to vote against the motion to reject no deal because he believed it would be a "disaster".

He said: "Tonight the Government whips asked me to vote against the motion, as amended, to reject 'no deal'.

"I could not do this as I regard 'no deal' as a disaster. Therefore I abstained, despite being a Government minister.

"I would have voted for the Government's motion which ruled out 'no deal', if the House had this opportunity.

"However, to avoid 'no deal' something must be agreed to replace it. That is why I will vote to extend Article 50 tomorrow, it is why I voted for the Prime Minister's deal, and is why I do not rule out any options to avoid 'no deal' or a 'hard Brexit'."

[13 March 2019 21:21 · Ashley Cowburn]

Josh Hardie, deputy director general of the Confederation of British Industry, said there is "no time for complacency" following the votes on Wednesday evening, as "no-deal won't be off the table until a deal is agreed".

 "Some comfort in the clear rejection of no deal by parliament. But the overriding sense of chaos remains.

"A seeming free vote turned into a hard fought defeat that may yet lead to resignations. And no deal won't be off the table until a deal is agreed.

"No time for complacency."