Theresa May has endured a day of intense scrutiny over her Brexit strategy ahead of an anticipated mauling in the local elections over delays to the UK's departure from the EU.
Ms May and Jeremy Corbyn held their last prime minister's questions clash ahead of Thursday's poll, as the Labour leader accused Ms May of failing to tackle the "burning injustices" she pledged to combat during her first day in office.
Amid mounting speculation that the prime minister could cave in to opposition demands, Ms May told senior backbenchers she hopes "a deal can be done" with Labour to find a consensus which can command a majority in parliament.
To see events as they unfolded, follow our live coverage below
Conservatives face losing more than 800 seats in local election hammering amid Brexit fury
Deputy chair admits 'frustrated' voters could use the polls to give the Tories a bloody noseMr Watson had earlier walked out of a shadow cabinet meeting after being told it would not be shown the proposed wording of the manifesto commitment.
The change was backed by a number of major unions, including the GMB, Unison and Usdaw, and 34 of Labour's 70 candidates in the 23 May European elections have pledged to campaign for a referendum and then back Remain if a vote is called.
Attempt to get Labour to commit to second Brexit referendum shot down at party meeting
Labour supporters of a second Brexit referendum have failed to force Jeremy Corbyn to commit to a public vote in all circumstances, after a marathon five-hour meeting. The party’s ruling national executive committee agreed a manifesto for the European elections “fully in line with Labour’s existing policy”, a source said.
Jeremy Corbyn warned 'demoralised' Labour voters will boycott elections after Brexit referendum fudge
Labour leader demonstrates his iron grip over his party – but is told he will pay a price in looming pollsDe facto deputy prime minister David Lidington told Cabinet talks on Monday were "serious and constructive".
And Ms May's official spokesman said: "Further talks will now be scheduled in order to bring the process toward a conclusion."
It remains unclear whether the parties will be able to bridge the gap between them on issues such as a future customs union in the coming days, but any resolution next week would almost certainly come too late to prevent European elections going ahead on 23 May.
She said Labour is waiting to see if the government is prepared to move on some of its positions in the cross-party talks aimed at finding a compromise deal which can win support in the Commons.
Corbyn in fresh antisemitism row over endorsement of book suggesting banks controlled by Jews
Labour leader describes JA Hobson's 'Imperialism: A Study' as a 'great tome'Academics at the University of York have been studying the way Ms May dealt with broadcast interviews and compared it with the responses of David Cameron, John Major and Margaret Thatcher.
They found that in the course of two interviews after she became prime minister in 2016 and four during the course of the 2017 general election, Ms May only answered 27 per cent of the questions put to her.
In contrast, Mr Cameron answered 34 per cent of questions in the 2015 general election, while both Mr Major (now Sir John) in the 1992 election and Margaret Thatcher in 1987 answered 39 per cent of questions they were asked.
Ms May proved even more evasive in Prime Minister's Questions, according to the research led by Professor Peter Bull of the university's department of psychology.
During 23 sessions of PMQs in 2016-17, she was said to have answered only 11 per cent of the questions from Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.
The previous year, however, Mr Cameron answered 21 per cent of Mr Corbyn's questions over the course of 20 PMQs.
The prospect of British candidates getting into the European Parliament and then leaving after Brexit could create a "messy" situation in the run-up to the vote for European Commission's president, Commission vice president Jyrki Katainen said.
"The UK has been given a deadline [to leave the EU] which is later in the autumn but the Commission president might be elected before that ... It looks very messy at the moment," he told journalists in Warsaw.
"We have to make sure all MEPs have the same rights and responsibilities because we cannot be in a situation where some MEPs have a partial mandate ... But a temporary majority may cause lots of questions and troubles [if UK MEPs leave the European Parliament after Brexit]," he added.
The High Court has rejected a legal challenge against a controversial third runway at Heathrow Airport, despite growing alarm at the climate crisis.
Judges delivered their ruling on Wednesday following separate judicial reviews of the government’s decision to approve the plans, brought by a group of councils, residents, environmental charities and Mayor of London Sadiq Khan.
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And we're off - a little late as Speaker John Bercow let international development questions run over.
Theresa May starts by paying tribute to those who ran the London marathon, including her PPS Andrew Bowie, who had the fastest time of any MP.
She joked she wasn't chasing him.
Poor old John Lamont, the Scottish Tory, came second to Bowie and says he will have to run faster next time.
Lamont highlight the anniversary of the act of union, when Scotland joined the United Kingdom, and urges May to condemn Scottish independence.
May is only happy to oblige - and condemns Nicola Sturgeon, the SNP leader, for concentrating on constitutional matters rather than domestic issues such as education.
Irony there...
Corbyn says May has got her 'head in the sand' and the social care system is in crisis.
He pivots to violent crime and asks her to accept there is a violent crime epidemic that needs to be addressed with more money.
May says there should never be gaps in social care provision. On crime, she says it is down overall by a third and reminds Corbyn that he has been told off for use of stats by the watchdog.
She says she will take no lectures from Corbyn on crime as she says he voted against measures to help the police.
