By BBCMore by this AuthorMPs have rejected Theresa May’s EU withdrawal agreement on the day the UK was due to leave the EU. Mrs May now has until April 12 to seek a longer extension to the negotiation process to avoid a no-deal Brexit on that date. A No 10 source indicated that the prime minister would continue to seek support in the Commons for her deal. "The benefits of the withdrawal agreement, including a transition period, will in no circumstances be replicated in a 'no-deal' scenario. This was not a third "meaningful vote" on the PM's EU deal, which also includes a political declaration on future relations between the UK and the EU, and which has previously been rejected by larger margins.

Source: Daily Nation March 30, 2019 05:15 UTC