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LIVE BLOG: The day has finally come for MPs to vote on Theresa May’s Brexit deal. But how will the drama unfold this time? Follow all the latest updates here: on.ft.com/2Fz252g
Brexit timeline: What is in store on a historic day for Theresa May’s deal — and what happens afterwards? We have a list of all the key dates here: ft.com/content/64e7f2…
FT Analysis: Theresa May could lose today’s meaningful vote on her Brexit deal by a margin of more than 200 votes — which would break all records for a Commons division in the last 100 years on.ft.com/2FwV3v4
As Theresa May braces for a heavy defeat on today's parliamentary vote, we look at the alternative options ahead of Britain’s scheduled March 29 departure from the EU – ranging all the way from a no-deal Brexit to a second referendum ft.com/content/57258d…
Latest: Theresa May will fight to save her Brexit deal — expected to be defeated by a large margin in a historic vote this evening — and will not quit even if she suffers a crushing defeat in the House of Commons tonight, Downing Street has said on.ft.com/2DaHnUN
Brexit explained: what is going on and how will the UK change? Here are your questions answered by FT experts.

Find out the latest updates in our live blog here: ft.com/content/1e771b…
Confused? Try our Brexit explainer. Here's a one-stop shop for you if you're looking for answers to the big questions about what is being voted on this historic day and what happens next ig.ft.com/brexit-countdo…
Ireland’s prime minister Leo Varadkar is under growing pressure to prepare for a no-deal Brexit as Theresa May faces defeat over her EU withdrawal treaty ft.com/content/ec8942…
UK opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn will call for a general election if Theresa May’s deal is rejected by parliament — calling Brexit as 'a reckless leap in the dark' ft.com/content/1e771b…
Latest: Theresa May has finished her final appeal to MPs to support her Brexit deal — only the voting now remains. The prime minister has repeatedly raised the threat of a no-deal Brexit or a no Brexit at all. More on our live blog: ft.com/content/1e771b…
BREAKING: Theresa May’s Brexit deal has been overwhelmingly rejected by the MPs — the biggest government defeat in modern history
Just in: Theresa May now says she will consider any request by the opposition for a vote of no confidence in her government — which will be held tomorrow ft.com/content/1e771b…
The pound dropped and then rebounded sharply in volatile trade following Theresa May’s heavy defeat in a House of Commons vote on her Brexit deal ft.com/content/cb0500…
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The Bank of England has issued a new warning about the economic damage Brexit could do to the UK — here's what you need to know: ft.com/content/8b4253…
The worst case scenario for Brexit could be more painful than the financial crisis when GDP fell 6.25% ft.com/content/8b4253…
The Bank of England is predicting that the UK crashing out of the EU would be disastrous for house prices ft.com/content/8b4253…
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Brussels gives UK a 24-hour Brexit deadline to firm up their position after talks break down. on.ft.com/2yD6mfZ
The UK-EU Brexit negotiations broke down on Sunday when Theresa May said she could not sign up to a backstop plan to avoid a hard border in Ireland. Here's a reminder of why the Irish border is the biggest remaining obstacle to an exit deal: ft.com/content/909026…
There are three possible scenarios a Brexit deal could take. Now a clean deal looks increasingly unlikely, is the UK heading towards a messy deal or a more serious crisis? ft.com/content/0d5c67…
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Thread: Here's a couple of frightening thoughts from our chief economics commentator, and others, on who’s most likely to be made redundant by automation.

1/ Workers on low wages and those with less education are most likely to lose their jobs to robots: on.ft.com/2tzZ0Iz
2/ Even if intelligent machines cannot do every aspect of any given job, they can displace a great many workers: on.ft.com/2tzZ0Iz
3/ Here’s more from Martin Wolf on work in the age of intelligent machines: on.ft.com/2tzZ0Iz
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Edwin Hayward
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Tories plan to limit debate on any Brexit plan B to just 90 minutes (if TM loses Meaningful Vote), and accept only *one* amendment on that new plan.

So we may end up with a Brexit decided in less time than the length of an average film.

Disgusting. theguardian.com/politics/2019/…
Of course this makes potential for no deal that much greater, because it seems unlikely weak second round scrutiny would produce a consensus.

So then it's "no deal" behind door number one, or "revoke Article 50" behind door number 2. Or a second referendum. But certainly a mess!
So the move could be seen as an extension of Tory efforts to use the scare of no deal to push MPs to vote for Theresa May's initial deal.
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Femi
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Brexit Irony No.521:
Brexit would make Metropolitan Elitism worse-

The Brexit vote was against our London-centric system. So if there's an economic hit because of a Brexit London voted against, Westminster would make sure the London Banking sector survived but everywhere else...
Many of the problems that pushed people to vote Brexit had nothing to do with the EU. One of those problems was the government choosing to protect the banks who caused the crash with bailouts while ordinary people just got austerity.
The rich took irresponsible risks with the country's future, but they were protected either by moving their money away or by the government and it was those with least who suffered the most.
Sound familiar? #Brexit
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Tony Addison
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Services: 80% of UK economy (architecture, management consulting, legal, creative etc) & big services surplus UK runs with RoW & EU. So why does Govt want to damage economy in #Brexit plan being discussed by cabinet today (focusing on goods only?) ft.com/content/2ce78f… via @FT
And anyway services get bundled in today's global value chains for high-value high-tech goods (c. Aircraft engines & their maintenance) which is what UK government is supposed to be promoting via its (mysterious) industrial policy announced back in 2016.
If you wanted a better trade & industrial policy for UK (which is desirable to create high-paying jobs via higher productivity) you wouldn't put it together in the way that #Brexit is taking us (raising barriers to trading with UK's big EU markets).
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Katy Hayward
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Here's a thread on the #Brexit #Backstop, the #Border and NI/IRL,
in which I try to succinctly explain why I think the UK govt has got itself in an unnecessary pickle on this one,
& how it might get out of it.

1/11
The Protocol is intended as ‘insurance’ in case a future UK-EU agreement is insufficient to meet the commitments made in the Joint Report bit.ly/2Bgjvj6. In that sense it is *already* conditional & envisaged as temporary.
It is a backstop, not a precursor.

2/11
The Protocol is the EU showing most flexibility (cherrypicking) *for* Northern Ireland in the very areas that the UK is finding hard to swallow, i.e. NI being in a Common Regulatory Area and the Customs Territory of the EU.

3/11
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Nicolai von Ondarza
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"#Brexit and EU agencies", our extensive look into third country relationships of the 36 EU agencies and how the UK might fit in.

swp-berlin.org/fileadmin/cont…

Albeit largely technical, agencies will have huge implications on Brexit.

Five points stand out in particular:
First, Agencies matter. Like the customs union, they are a technical aspect of the EU, that works and was thus hardly discussed in the UK before #Brexit.
But they are important for single market, but also justice and home affairs.

UK gov thus has already asked to continue participation in selected agencies, in particular in sectors important to the UK economy, like aviation, chemicals or pharma.
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Lesley Miller
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#Brexit 1
Cadbury moved factory 2 Poland 2011 with EU grant.
Ford Transit moved 2Turkey 2013 with EU grant.
Jaguar Land Rover recently agreed 2 build a new plant in Slovakia with EU grant, owned by Tata, same company who trashed our steel industry & emptied workers pension funds.
#Brexit 2
Peugeot closed its Ryton (was Rootes Group) plant and moved production to Slovakia with EU grant.
British Army's new Ajax fighting vehicles to be built in SPAIN using SWEDISH steel at the request of the EU to support jobs in Spain with EU grant, rather than Wales.
#Brexit 3
Dyson gone 2 Malaysia, with EU loan. Crown Closures, Bournemouth (Was METAL BOX), gone 2Poland with EU grant,employed 1,200.
M&S manufacturing gone 2far east with EU loan.
Hornby models gone. In fact all toys & models gone from UK along with patents all with EU grants
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