The Day Today

• TERRORIST ATTACK IN NEW ZEALAND LEAVES UP TO 40 DEAD
• MPs agree for the UK to seek delay of Article 50 until at least 30 June
• PM May confirms she will bring back her Withdrawal Agreement before March 30 for the third time
• Telegraph: hardline Brexiteers and the DUP remain unconvinced that new legal advice would allow the UK to exit the backstop under the Vienna Convention
• Buzzfeed: a group of 20 pro-Brexit MPs plan to vote down the Govt if Labour brought a vote of confidence
• Four Labour Shadow ministers and 2 other junior positions resign their positions to vote in favour of a second referendum
• Times: EU officials are open to a longer extension on the condition of a second referendum
• EU Tusk: “I will appeal to the EU27 to be open to a long extension if the UK finds it necessary”

…

• UK Govt loses amended motion in which Parliament reject No Deal, taking it permanently off the table
• UK Chlr Hammond issues Spring Statement with most changes dependent on Brexit outcome
• PM May confirms that vote on A50 extension will be today,

…

• PM May’s Withdrawal Agreement has been defeated 391 to 242 with a Tory rebellion of 75 MPs
• Govt announces that in the event of No Deal up to 87% of imports could be made tariff-free
• UK Chlr Hammond due to deliver Spring Statement today with no meaningful announcements expected
• Sun: Cabinet ministers propose reaching a softer Brexit deal with Labour MPs to allow the Withdrawal Agreement to pass
• Politico/Hanbury Poll: 50% of UK voters think PM May should resign in the wake of her defeat
• EU Barnier: “Let me be clear: the only legal basis for a transition is the WA.

…

• PM May and EU Juncker unveil a new three-part “improved Brexit deal” for MPs to vote for+
• EU Juncker warns MPs thinking about voting down the deal,

…

• Senior Brexiteer MPs tell PM May to pull her Meaningful Vote and instead table a motion she could win
• Telegraph: PM May has lost the backing of all but two of her Cabinet ministers
• Labour shadow Brexit Sec Starmer warns that his party will not table or back any amendments backing a second referendum this week
• Sunday Times: Downing St officials think PM May could lose her vote this week by more than  230 votes
• FT: BOE tells UK lenders to triple their holdings of easy-to-sell assets in the run-up to Brexit in case of No Deal
• Telegraph: EU27 are “hardening” their attitudes towards A50 extension and will demand “legal and financial conditions”
• ECB Coeure: ECB is “

…