Welcome to today's live coverage from Westminster.
Philip Hammond will deliver a major speech tonight in which he will warn Tory leadership candidates not to pursue a no-deal Brexit, saying "the 2016 Leave campaign was clear that we would leave with a deal".
Philip Hammond warns of dangers of no-deal Brexit
Rival Conservative factions are vying for influence over the future of BrexitThis morning's cabinet meeting gets underway at 9.30am.
Theresa May spent much of yesterday meeting her ministers in small groups to ensure she has enough support for her plan, which involves a last attempt to get her Brexit deal through parliament by offering a number of what No10 is calling "bold" concessions to Labour MPs and anti-EU Tories. In reality, the changes are said to be relatively minor, and it is widely expected that the deal will be rejected again.
Ms May was reported to be warning ministers that if this happens, it would make a no-deal Brexit, a second referendum or a general election more likely.
Here is the full extract of Philip Hammond's speech tonight that has been pre-released by the Treasury. The chancellor will warn prospective Tory leadership candidates about the risk of "a new prime minister abandoning the search for a deal, and shifting towards seeking a damaging no-deal exit as a matter of policy".
Speaking at the CBI's annual dinner in London, he is expected to say:
"On the populist right, there are those who now claim that the only outcome that counts as a truly legitimate Brexit is to leave with no deal.
"Let me remind them: the 2016 Leave campaign was clear that we would leave with a deal.
"So to advocate for no deal is to hijack the result of the referendum, and in doing so, knowingly to inflict damage on our economy and our living standards.
"Because all the preparation in the world will not avoid the consequences of no deal.
"So I will continue to fight, in the face of this polarisation, for a negotiated Brexit - an outcome that respects the British people's decision to leave, while recognising that there is no mandate for a no-deal exit, and that we have an absolute obligation to protect Britain's jobs, businesses and future prosperity.
"But we need to be clear that if we do not resolve this issue in the next few weeks, there is a real risk of a new prime minister abandoning the search for a deal, and shifting towards seeking a damaging no-deal exit as a matter of policy... to protect an ideological position which ignores the reality of Britain's economic interests and the value of our union."
The cabinet is deeply divided over whether the UK should opt for no-deal Brexit if Theresa May fails to get her Withdrawal Agreement Bill through parliament next month.
As Philip Hammond prepares to warn that "all the preparation in the world will not avoid the consequences of no deal", Commons leader Andrea Leadsom said the UK must be "prepared to walk away".
She told BBC Radio 4's Today:
"I continue to support the prime minister to get her Withdrawal Agreement Bill through. It is leaving the European Union and so long as it continues to be leaving the European Union, I continue to support it.
"What I do think is that for any negotiation to succeed, you have to be prepared to walk away."
Tory peer Michael Heseltine, a former deputy prime minister, has had the party whip suspended after saying he will vote Liberal Democrat in this week's European Parliament elections.
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Matt Hancock, the health secretary, has taken caramel waffles into this morning's cabinet meeting after being caught on camera enjoying the sweet snack yesterday.
Mr Hancock was seen carrying a packet of caramel waffles as he arrived in Downing Street for the meeting.
On Monday, after nibbling on the waffles before an interview, he was teased by Good Morning Britain presenter Piers Morgan, who said: "There's 356 calories and 16.2g fat - that's your fat content for the day gone.
"Given we're a breakfast show, is this your rallying cry to the nation: have a caramel waffle to get you going?"
But the health secretary replied: "All good things in moderation."
He later tweeted: "Nothing wrong with a bit of waffle in politics from time to time."
Fears about chlorinated chicken being sold in UK shops after Brexit have been dismissed by a US food official – as he revealed poultry is now being washed in acetic acid instead.
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Washington insists its safety standards are ‘more advanced’, with chlorine-washing now being phased out in favour of acetic acidLabour supporters fear their party taking on a Conservative Party led by Boris Johnson more than one led by any other potential Tory leadership candidate, according to a survey by the LabourList website.
The former foreign secretary had a huge lead over his rivals, with 45.2 per cent picking him as the most difficult opponent. International development secretary Rory Stewart was in second place with 7.6 per cent, followed by work and pensions secretary Amber Rudd (7.1 per cent) and environment secretary Michael Gove (7 per cent).
However, 72 per cent of LabourList readers also said Mr Johnson was the candidate who "would be most damaging to the country as prime minister".
Speaking to talkRADIO this morning, former cabinet minister Priti Patel became the latest Tory MP to hint that should could run for the party leadership. At this rate about half of Conservative MPs will throw their hat in the ring.,,
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The prime minister was seeking cabinet approval for her latest Brexit packageChannel 4 News has confirmed that it has been banned from Brexit Party events. Its editor, Ben de Pear, tweeted this morning to say it had been unaware of the six-week ban until it broadcast a story about Nigel Farage last week.
The ban is likely to prompt questions for the party, which is ahead in polls for this week's European Parliament elections, about transparency and media scrutiny.
The chair of the House of Commons international trade committee, SNP MP Angus MacNeil, has written to international trade secretary Liam Fox to express concern at the lack of EU trade deals that are being "rolled over" into bilateral agreements as the UK prepares for Brexit.
The government has said it will transfer the 40 or so trade deals that the UK is party to as an EU member into new agreements once Britain leaves the EU, but only 11 have so far been finalised.
Mr MacNeil said:
“In the past month, Department for International Trade has announced just one roll-over agreement, covering three small countries accounting for just 0.2 per cent of UK trade. Regarding the deals with some of our bigger trading partners – Turkey, Japan and Canada – there has been radio silence. Just as worryingly, in respect of those agreements that have been rolled over, questions remain as to exactly what has been agreed: do these agreements actually replicate our current trading arrangements with these countries, or will our terms of trade be changing?“The UK has rolled-over, by my latest calculations, 11 agreements out of approximately 40. Given that we are two months after the original deadline, this is of deep concern. Unless Dr Fox’s department rapidly picks up pace, we could be facing a desperate – and quite possibly unsuccessful – hurry to ensure continuity of these agreements in time for the new Brexit date of 31 October.”
All junior ministers, Conservative Party vice-chairs and ministers' parliamentary aides have been invited to a briefing this afternoon on Theresa May's latest Brexit plan, according to The Telegraph's Steven Swinford
Today's cabinet meeting has now finished, after almost three hours. We're expecting an update on the discussions from No10 shortly and will of course bring you that as soon as we have it.
NEW: Theresa May will deliver a statement in the House of Commons this afternoon on her latest Brexit offer, reports suggest.
ITV has asked for more time to explain the death of a contestant, the head of broadcasting regulator Ofcom has said.
Ofcom asked the station to give it information within five working days on participant Steve Dymond, who was found dead ten days after appearing on the show.
Ofcom chief executive Sharon White told the Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee: "ITV have now asked for more time to complete their inquiries."
Philip Hammond has again warned about the short-term and long-term impact of a no-deal Brexit.
Speaking during Treasury questions in the Commons, the chancellor said:
"There are two separate effects of a no-deal Brexit that concern me. First of all there will clearly be short-term disruption which will have an unpredictable, potentially significant effect on our economy."Probably more importantly all the analysis that the government has done and published and that external commentators have published shows that there will be a longer-term effect which means that our economy will be smaller than it otherwise would have been.
"And I didn't come into politics in order to make our economy smaller, I came into politics to make our economy bigger and make our people better off."
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