Theresa May is due to address the nation after spending the day with her senior ministers locked in a mammoth Cabinet session lasting more than seven hours at 10 Downing Street to try to break the Brexit deadlock.
— UK Prime Minister (@10DowningStreet) April 2, 2019
Meanwhile, a cross-party group of senior MPs launched a bid to force the Prime Minister to stop no-deal Brexit by tabling a bill requiring her to extend the negotiation process beyond April 12.
Number 10 made clear on Tuesday that exit without agreement in 10 days time remains the legal default unless MPs approve a deal. And EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier said a no-deal departure was becoming “day after day more likely”.
Brexit live: Theresa May makes statement after day-long Cabinet meeting
