Brexit: Rudd defies No 10 by calling for Tory MPs to get free vote on move to rule out no deal – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happenA quarter of the UK cabinet went to Davos: what are they doing there?Lunchtime summaryCan no-deal Brexit be stopped?Afternoon summary 5.36pm GMT5.26pm GMT Amber Rudd, the work and pensions secretary, has renewed her call for MPs to have a free vote next week on the amendments intended to rule out a no-deal Brexit. Number 10 has signalled this will not happen. But in an interview for Newsnight, being broadcast tonight, she s