Theresa May’s cabinet has agreed to back the Brexit agreement after 5 hours of intense discussion. The draft agreement (click to download) stretches to 585 pages and has taken 19 months to write and agree with both sides.
Timeline of Events of the Last 48 hours
(All times UTC unless otherwise stated: London = UTC+0; Brussels = UTC+1)
- 16:25 13/11/18 - A source confirms to BBC Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg that there is agreement on the text of a ‘divorce deal’
Source confirms divorce deal text agreed at technical level, Cabinet to meet early afternoon tomorrow...might be official confirmation soon
— Laura Kuenssberg (@bbclaurak) November 13, 2018
- 17:01 -It is confirmed that there will be a meeting of the UK cabinet at 14:00 on 14/11
- 12:00 14/11 - PMQs begin in the House of Commons
- 14:00 - Cabinet meeting begins
- 19:00 - Cabinet meeting ends after 5 hours of discussions
- 19:20 - Theresa May announces that her cabinet has agreed to the deal
- 20:10 (21:10 Brussels time) - Michel Barnier (EU Chief Negotiator) gives a press conference in Brussels
- 20:22 - Decisive progress announced
I consider that decisive progress had been made - Michel Barnier