Johnson would also have to sign up unequivocally to a no-deal departure.

Starmer was asked if a no-deal departure from the EU was now looking more likely.

The warnings came as businesses across the country scrambled to make preparations for a no-deal departure.

A no-deal departure would cause chaos at the border and trigger at least a short-term economic shock.

Could the Border issue be the rock on which the negotiations founder, propelling the UK into a no-deal departure?

A bill laying out how MPs could seek to avoid a no-deal departure may nonetheless be published next week, they said.

Officially, this would leave a no-deal departure as the default option, but many MPs have vowed to stop this as well.

If this fails, he will be set on a no-deal departure for 31 October, and a likely huge clash with MPs.

EU leaders, though fearful of a no-deal departure, are certain to set conditions which may be difficult for the UK to meet.

Having defeated the prime minister's plan, and then ruled out a no-deal departure, Thursday's votes were based around extending the Brexit deadline.

Raab, a strongly pro-Brexit candidate, had said parliament could be suspended if necessary if lawmakers blocked a no-deal departure from the European Union.

Fox said he was backing "my friend" Hunt, having previously mounted a defence of keeping a no-deal departure on the table.

He wants the United Kingdom to leave the EU as soon as possible and says the damage of a no-deal departure has been exaggerated.

Thornberry pressed Green on whether a no-deal departure would mean the end of a prospect of any transitional arrangement, as argued for by Hammond.

Conservatives on the soft Brexit and remain wings of the party said on Sunday they were serious about stopping a no-deal departure from the EU.

Many pro-Brexit members of her Conservative Party planned to abstain on the vote as they feared she was softening her position on a no-deal departure.