Article 4T9N1 Brexit: Government's no-deal planning operation stood down – as it happened

Brexit: Government's no-deal planning operation stood down – as it happened

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Andrew Sparrow, Damien Gayle, Kate Lyons and Kevin
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Government fails to win two-thirds majority for early ballot needed under Fixed-term Parliaments Act, after EU agrees to delay Brexit

9.49pm GMT

That's all from us this evening. Here's a summary of the day's main events:

Related: Boris Johnson abandons Brexit bill in new push for December election

8.54pm GMT

My colleagues, Rowena Mason and Rajeev Syal, have been looking into what they've termed the "meltdown: at the People's Vote campaign.

It's embroiled in infighting after the chairman, Roland Rudd, fired two directors by email over the weekend. Today, Peter Mandelson - an Open Britain board member - has said:

Roland Rudd is like the captain of the Titanic demanding the passengers show him more respect as the iceberg carves open the hull and water gushes into the bowels of the ship.

Related: People's Vote set for showdown after directors' sacking

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