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FT News Briefing

Tuesday, April 2

FT News Briefing

Forhecz Topher

News, Daily News, News & Politics

4.41.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2019

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

British MPs have rejected every single proposal to find a way forward for Brexit. So how can the UK break the deadlock? And the long-awaited initial public offering of ride-hailing app Lyft shifts into reverse on only its second day of trading.

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0:00.0

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0:10.0

Good morning from the newsroom of the Financial Times. Today is Tuesday the 2nd of April

0:15.5

and this is your FT news briefing. Coming up today.

0:19.2

Parliament has spoken. Without saying anything at all, MPs rejected every single

0:27.4

proposal on the way forward for Brexit. So how can the UK break the deadlock?

0:32.2

Our parliamentary correspondent has the details.

0:35.6

And the long awaited initial public offering of ride hailing app lift shifts into reverse in only its second session.

0:43.0

I'm Daniel Winter and here's the news you need to start your day.

0:47.0

You'd be forgiven for thinking that yesterday was Decision Day in Parliament, but not so.

0:58.8

MPs could not find consensus on any of the options put before them.

1:03.7

To avert a no-deal Brexit in ten days' time, will the government be forced to call a new general

1:08.2

election?

1:09.2

How about a second referendum?

1:11.3

The options are rapidly running out as our parliamentary correspondent

1:14.8

Sepp Payne explains.

1:17.0

Westminster has been voting on Brexit once again.

1:20.5

On Monday British MPs showed they are very good at saying what they don't want about Brexit

1:26.0

but not much good at saying what they do. MPs held the second series of a so-called

1:31.5

indicative votes where they were trying to show whether there

1:34.8

was a majority for a different form of Brexit to Theresa May's offering.

1:39.5

This included a second referendum, revoking Article 50 and stopping the whole thing a permanent

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