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Spokesperson says withdrawal agreement is still not up for renegotiation.
Brussels and Dublin defiant after MPs back move to seek fresh talks.
Brussels reiterates position minutes after Commons backed plan to replace Irish backstop.
Prime minister also warned that renegotiation would backfire on UK – by reopening controversies over Gibraltar, fishing and the Brexit 'divorce bill'.
Richard Porritt, Steve Anglesey and Geri Scott are back amid more Brexit chaos. Geri takes us behind the scenes on a chaotic night in Westminster while Steve and Richard discuss why no Brexiteers believe the EU when they say 'non'.
Downing Street admits prime minister had warned Spain would exploit any bid to renegotiate withdrawal agreement.
After defending the Withdrawal Agreement as the only deal on the table, UK Prime Minister Theresa May turned against it, directing MP's to vote for it to be amended. ... There is no room to renegotiate the Withdrawal Agreement, no appetite to pile pressure on Ireland and no viable alternative coming from the UK, says the EU.
The plan has brought some Tory unity, but Brussels believes it is unworkable.
European council president also says remain movement has no effective leadership.
Ministers threaten to quit as PM makes scant progress.
Richard Porritt, Steve Anglesey and Geri Scott return for another dose of Brexit madness. The team tackle May's hopeless task, Tusk's special place in Hell and Geri chats to Lib Dem leader Sir Vince Cable.
The European Commission has issued a fresh warning that it will not reopen the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement as Theresa May prepared for further talks in Brussels.
Macron says withdrawal agreement can not be renegotiated, seeks ‘clear vision’ from UK.
Ireland’s prime minister has turned the tables on Theresa May in Brexit talks, warning that she should in fact be making concessions to the EU if she wants changes to the agreement.
"It is crystal clear that the measures do not alter the fundamental legal effect of the backstop, as previously and correctly explained by the Attorney General. The backstop will endure indefinitely, unless and until superseded by another agreement, save in the extreme and unlikely event that in future negotiations the EU acts in bad faith in rejecting the UK’s demands."
'It does not reopen the withdrawal agreement or undermine the backstop or its application' says Leo Varadkar
Here is a quick analysis of the three documents agreed last night between Theresa May and Jean-Claude Juncker.
Last night’s Brexit negotiations were a charade and will ensure the prime minister is defeated in tonight’s vote
Several Tory contenders have said they want to renegotiate the deal. / The EU has once again ruled out renegotiating Theresa May’s Brexit deal, in a major blow to several Conservative leadership candidates who have insisted that they would re-open talks if elected.
Sabine Weyand, the author of the withdrawal agreement, will move to another department, with Michel Barnier also eyeing another role.
British Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt claims German Chancellor Angela Merkel hinted to him that the EU would be willing to renegotiate the Brexit separation deal.
Some Tory leadership candidates – most notably Boris Johnson – have said they would withhold the £39 billion divorce bill negotiated by Theresa May as a card in order to force the EU to renegotiate the Brexit agreement. Just how practical is this proposal?
I've been tagged in this because I was on #Newsnight on the same panel, but I wasn't asked to respond to this claim about Dominic Raab. So I thought it might be helpful to share the actual clip from the Panorama documentary referenced, showing Barnier talking about Raab.
France’s state secretary for European affairs has confirmed that the EU27 are not prepared to reopen the Brexit withdrawal agreement, and that without a “new political line” in the UK or a second referendum, Britain must expect to leave the bloc on 31 October.