Theresa May has reached out to Jeremy Corbyn to find a way through the Brexit deadlock as she vowed to delay the UK’s exit to secure a deal.
In a statement from Downing Street, Ms May said: “This is a decisive moment in the story of these islands and it will require national unity to deliver the national interest.’’
Mr Corbyn, the Labour leader, said he was “very happy” to meet the prime minister to discuss a way forward.
It comes after Ms May gathered her cabinet for seven-hour crisis talks after MPs once again failed to unite around any Brexit option during a late-night session of indicative votes.
Recap our coverage of the day's developments
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After MPs rejected the four alternatives to Theresa May's deal in indicative votes in the Commons yesterday, the prime minister is to hold lengthy cabinet meetings in a bid to find a solution.
Things are due to kick off with a five-hour cabinet meeting starting at 9am.
Ahead of today's cabinet meetings, the EU's chief negotiator Michel Barnier has reminded politicians the deal presented by Theresa May is the only one currently on the table.
If the UK “still wants to leave the EU in an orderly manner this agreement is and will be the only one”, he said.
Speaking in Brussels, he said: "If the UK parliament does not vote in favour of the withdrawal agreement in the coming days only two options would remain.
"Leaving without an agreement or requesting a longer extension of the Article 50 period."
MPs have failed again to agree on an alternative Brexit plan, increasing the risk of the UK crashing out of the EU without a deal next week.
In a second series of “indicative votes”, two options were only narrowly rejected: to keep the UK in the EU customs union – or in both the single market and a customs arrangement.
The Commons also turned down putting any agreed deal to a Final Say referendum – and rejected revoking Article 50 if the UK is close to the no-deal Brexit cliff-edge.
Read our overnight piece here.
After last night's marathon votes, what's going on today?
Theresa May has scheduled a five-hour Cabinet meeting instead of the usual 90 minutes. Starting from 9am, the first three hours will be political cabinet, which is held in the absence of civil servants.
Such a long session has sent hares running, with Westminster already abuzz with rumours over the prospect of a snap election. It could also be a chance to discuss the PM's departure, after she told MPs she would quit before the next phase of the Brexit talks.
Then there is due to be an ordinary cabinet from 1-3pm, with civil servants present again.
In a sign of how febrile things are, Conservative MP Nick Boles resigned from his party's whip on the Commons last night, seconds after MPs rejected alternatives to Theresa May's deal.
"My party refuses to compromise," he said. "I regret therefore that I can no longer sit for this party."
He later tweeted that he would "sit as an Independent Progressive Conservative."
Read our piece here.
The UK would have to hold a referendum, general election, or some kind of other “political process” if it wants to delay Brexit again, the EU’s chief negotiator has said.
Speaking in Brussels the morning after MPs yet again rejected a slate of compromise Brexit options Michel Barnier said a no-deal “becomes day after day more likely”.
Mr Barnier confirmed that the EU would accommodate any move by MPs to try and soften Brexit, stating that deals like the so-called “Norway option” or a customs union had always been on the table.
Read our breaking story here.
MPs have begun a fresh push to agree an alternative Brexit plan that would be put to a referendum in the autumn, despite throwing out all options last night.
Talks will begin to settle on a “composite motion”, combining soft Brexit proposals with a commitment to putting them to the people to confirm – with the alternative of staying in the EU.
Anna Soubry, who defected to The Independent Group from the Conservatives, insisted a compromise was still achievable and that supporters of a Final Say referendum were making “huge progress”.
Read the full piece here.
Former Conservative leader William Hague has warned that an early election could leave the Tories in a far worse condition than after Tony Blair's landslide victory in 1997 - where the party was left with only 165 MPs.
Writing in the Daily Telegraph, the Tory peer said: "The internal situation in the Conservative Party is much worse than it was in 1997.
"The ruin I moved in to as the new leader was, at least, intact.
"We had many differences, but we resolved them without talk of leaving altogether, opposing our own party on a vote of confidence, or deselecting tranches of MPs. We all joined together in the long task of rebuilding.
"By contrast, some of today's leadership candidates may find themselves sitting in a small ruin on their own."
Ex-Brexit secretary David Davis has said up to 20 Tories could vote against the government in a confidence vote - as they consider Brexit more important than Theresa May's administration.
He told the Today programme: "I'd only make one warning to the cabinet... don't be sure that every Conservative MP would vote for you if it was made a confidence vote.
"One or two of them have said already... and, I think, probably about 20 of them would say, this, actually, is so important, it's the future of our country.
"It's our destiny at stake. It's more important than the Tory party."
Asked about standing for the Tory leadership, Mr Davis said: "People have been coming to me for months on this... and I say I'm not going to think about it.
"Why? Because this issue is more important than the leadership."
Mr Davis added that the next leader would need to be strongly pro-Leave, stating: "I think it probably has to be a Brexiteer, but that doesn't mean it has to be a right winger."
Britain's most senior civil servant has privately warned cabinet ministers of the dire consequences of a no-deal Brexit.
Sir Mark Sedwill, the cabinet secretary, told ministers that leaving the EU without an agreement will result in food prices rising by ten per cent, the police being unable to protect people and the economy suffering the worst recession in a decade.
Direct rule would have to be restored in Northern Ireland for the first time since 2007 and the government would come under pressure to bail out companies that had gone bust, he warned.
Read our piece here.
Brexit committee chairman Hilary Benn said that if the PM did not announce she was seeking an Article 50 extension, MPs could try to force her to on Wednesday.
Referring to an extension request, he told the Today programme: "If she does not do so then there is an option available to the House of Commons to seek to legislate to require the Prime Minister to do that."
MPs have launched a new committee to probe the threats caused by disinformation to democracy. Tory MP Damian Collins will chair it - continuing his work as chair of the DCMS committee, and thorn in the side of tech giants.
He said: “Since beginning our investigations, tech companies have only shifted superficially in their approach to privacy, and only for the benefit of their own PR.
"It’s unacceptable and we must keep up the pressure for them to shift their approach to ensure people and their rights are protected."
First on the agenda will be the government's white paper on online harms, which was due to be published by the end of March.
Despite Ms May’s departure plan having been rejected by MPs three times in the House of Commons, it is believed she may try to put it to the house for a fourth time.
The meetings come amid growing speculation the prime minister could call a snap general election if a fourth attempt to pass her deal fails.
