you're watching bbc news at nine with me, joanna gosling — the headlines: the eyes to the right, 202. the noes to the left, 432. the government is facing a vote of confidence after suffering its biggest commons defeat in history — theresa may's brexit deal is defeated by 230 votes. theresa may doesn't want there to be a no deal situation, and she will want a legacy of having secured a deal, an exit from the eu, but without fatally undermining our economy. policy seem to go wrong at chequers, and from then on it's been following an approach that was never going to work with a large number of conservative mps. the government needs a policy that is backed by its own party, the party of government has to agree. the confidence vote will happen this evening after what labour calls the "sheer incompetence" of the govenment. we've tabled that and it's because we genuinely don't have any confidence in theresa may's government to be able to negotiate

the deal that we want. the real issue that people may need to focus on today is how devastating a jeremy corbyn government would be for this country. european leaders react to yesterday's vote with dismay — eu chief brexit negotiator michel barnier said brussels "profoundly regrets" the commons vote. we regret profoundly this vote, as presidentjuncker has said, and this regret, ladies and gentlemen, is also obviously linked to the intense work we have done together with you. and at midday today, it's prime minister's questions in what's likely to be another busy day in westminster. in other news: back a bill in support.

a 26—year—old man denies murdering british backpacker grace millane in new zealand. good morning from downing street, where theresa may's government is facing a vote of confidence after mps overwhelmingly rejected her brexit deal, inflicting the worst defeat on a government in modern british politics. in the past hour, the eu's chief negotiator michel barnier has said he "profoundly" regrets the vote to reject the withdrawal agreement he negotiated with theresa may. he said the government now needs to explain how it intends to proceed with brexit. with 432 mps voting against, it was the biggest

government defeat on record and the biggest conservative rebellion, while just 202 voted for the withdrawal agreement offered by the prime minister. that's a very substantial defeat of 230 votes for the prime minister's deal. 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth reports on a momentous night. the ayes to the right, 202. the noes to the left, 432. and with that, theresa may's deal was rejected by mps, the heaviest government defeat in the commons for at least 100 years. so now what? the government have heard — has heard what the house has said tonight. but i ask members on all sides of the house to listen to the british people, who want this issue settled, and to work

with the government to do just that. first, the prime minister said, mps must decide whether they still have confidence in her government. labour has demanded a vote. the most important issue facing us is that the government has lost the confidence of this house and this country. i therefore, mr speaker, inform you i have now tabled a motion of no confidence in this government. so here, today, all mps, not just conservatives, will decide whether they have confidence in the government to carry on. if theresa may wins, she's said she'll reach out across the house of commons to try to work out a brexit plan. people's but with views on this as divided

mps can agree on will not be easy. i do think that this deal is dead, and it's very important that that is recognised. it was perhaps a bigger defeat than people had been expecting, but it has been a long time brewing. she now has to set aside any preconditions of what she thinks is the way forward and now appreciate that actually, in asking mps, perhaps we can find a consensus. the prime minister has to realise that she has absolutely lost this argument and has to be open to a fresh approach. that includes the idea of a people's vote. so, what next?

today mps return to the commons as usual for prime minister's questions — that's at midday. after that, they will debate the no confidence motion which labour leaderjeremy corbyn tabled last night. and a vote will then be held at around 7 o'clock this evening. if theresa may wins the confidence vote, she will have to be back before mps on monday with her new brexit proposal — as she now only has three working days to come up with an alternative. let's have a look now at how the papers responded to yesterday's vote. the times pictures people's vote supporters celebrating theresa may's defeat in parliament square. dead as a dodo — the sun describes theresa may's eu deal as "brextinct" as she suffered the largest commons defeat in history. the daily telegraph calls last night "a complete humiliation", saying that brexit is in a state of paralysis as number ten refuses

to rule out delaying an exit, with the eu prepared for new talks. the daily mail says theresa may is fighting for her political life as she insists she would talk to senior mps from all parties to bring forward a revised plan by monday. we can talk now to former conservative party chair and transport secretary, sir patrick mcloughlan. you voted for that deal, but is it now dead as a dodo?|j you voted for that deal, but is it now dead as a dodo? i don't know if it is as dead as a dodo. it was a very bad defeat for the government last night. but what was interesting in the debate was how many mps said that there needs to be a deal, that they didn't want us to leave the european union without one. so they have to do some thinking as well because as your earlier point made clear, this isn't just because as your earlier point made clear, this isn'tjust what the prime minister wants, it is also a deal we have to do with 27 other countries. so we need to listen, assuming the prime minister wins a vote of confidence tonight, we have to reach out to members from other parties to see what is possible. 0ne

sticking point for many people is the backstop. we should see if a time limit can be set on that. theresa may said she is open to cross— party theresa may said she is open to cross—party talks, but downing street is saying the red lines remain. she is rolling out a customs union. that is not being open to talks with other parties when labour's line is that it wants a customs union. yes, but some labour mps say there has to be ideal above everything else. the reason why ruling out a customs union is our position is because it stops us doing trade deals with other countries. that was part of the reason for leaving the european union. sorry to interrupt. can you criticise the intransigence on one side while remaining intransigent it's a recipe for yourselves? it's a recipe for deadlock, which is what we have lg i; not trying to be intransigent at all. i am just of do trade other

we would do trade deals with other egg-rill eli; i would we would do trade deals with other i“; “5 would at be countries. that would not be §*::le—.:: 2 we countries. that would not be §*::l:e;! we were in a customs gmy 7; my understanding. but union, is my understanding. but let's see where the talks go. let's see what is said once people have had time to reflect. yesterday with the people voting against, you had a wide range of people from all sorts of different angles, some who want us of different angles, some who want us to stay in the european union, some who want a second referendum and some people who want us to come with no deal whatsoever. you say one of the reasons people voted for brexit was because they wanted to leave the customs union and do trade deals with other countries. politicians who see it differently will say there are other reasons why people voted for brexit. it wasn't explicit and that has been a problem throughout. the assertions by politicians of what they believe the people want isn't the only way to find out what people want, but to ask them again now that we know the

deal that is on offer. we said the referendum was a binding referendum. i wanted to remain within the european union, but i accept the result of the referendum. i don't think you can go back and say actually, you got it wrong, let's have another vote. supposing we had another vote in supposing that was 52-48 the another vote in supposing that was 52—48 the other way on a lower turnout. that is not the way forward , turnout. that is not the way forward, and it would take a great deal of time to organise. what would the question be? but you're right, people voted to leave the european union for all sorts of reasons. time is of the essence. is it time to delay article 50? i hope not. i don't want to see article 50 delayed. i would regard that as a backwards move because itjust prolongs the uncertainty. that is not just my view, prolongs the uncertainty. that is notjust my view, that is basically the view of businesses in this

country as well. but theresa may has to come back with something new by monday. is there anyway that is going to happen with her saying no customs union and labour saying, we wa nt customs union and labour saying, we want a customs union? she has to come back with options on monday and then i think there will be a debate and an amendable motion. let's see what the overall of the what the overall consensurofthe house is, come tuesday morning. patrick, thank you. i'm joined now by norman smith. we were looking ahead, forgetting about the confidence vote today. but the assumption is that she is going to win. that is a safe assumption. the dup are on board and i haven't found a single tory mp who will vote against mrs may. several viewers, it's probably a little bit odd. mrs lee efieéelsr § here eii it??? 13355 .. . .. . . ie'e efeeeeie ei lieele eie tees e2355 .. . .. . . has ie'e tefexieeiele e lieele eie tees fefe .. . .. . . has a

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