The chances of Britain leaving the European Union are "50-50" if MPs vote down Theresa May’s Brexit deal in the new year, Liam Fox has warned.

A current civil servant engaged in no-deal Brexit planning has accused the government of not being "frank" about the level of preparation happening if a Brexit deal is not agreed.

Among the hundreds of newly-released files from the National Archives are accounts of Margaret Thatcher’s distaste for diving in football to John Major’s fury with the US over Gerry Adams’ visa. PoliticsHome looks at some of the top stories.

MPs should have their Christmas break cut short so that a key Commons vote on Theresa May’s Brexit deal can be held “as soon as possible”, Jeremy Corbyn has said.

Leaving the European Union without an agreement could put public safety “at risk” according to the most senior police chief in the UK.

So you've yet to make serious headway on the mulled wine or Baileys today and yet 2018 still seems like a massive blur? Luckily PoliticsHome's on hand to breakdown another rollercoaster of a year in all things political, with our Top 20 most read stories.

Andrea Leadsom has told MPs that a no-deal Brexit will become the "default position" if they fail to back Theresa May's deal.

Environment Secretary Michael Gove is reportedly set to recruit a military planner amid fears of food shortages if there is a no-deal Brexit.

Jean-Claude Juncker is "grotesque" and "ghastly" and his behaviour at least week's EU summit should have prompted an official complaint, Amber Rudd has said.

Jeremy Corbyn has said he would "go back and negotiate" with Brussels rather than stop Brexit from happening if Labour wins a snap election next year.

Theresa May has been accused of trying to "intimidate" MPs into backing her Brexit deal after it emerged the Government could urge people to change their diets if the UK crashes out of the EU.

A senior member of Theresa May's frontbench has said he would find it "very difficult" to stay in the Cabinet if the Government ended up backing a no-deal Brexit.

Andrea Leadsom has risked a cabinet split by insisting the UK has nothing to fear from a so-called "no-deal Brexit".

A second Brexit referendum could be "plausible" if Theresa May’s deal falls, according to Amber Rudd.

Pro-EU campaigners have lashed out after Government departments were ordered to scrub a claim from dozens of documents that a no-deal Brexit was “unlikely”.

Britain’s major business groups have rounded on ministers’ post-Brexit immigration plan amid fears it could leave firms unable to recruit the staff they need.

The EU has unveiled a set of “damage limitation” measures in case the UK crashes out of the bloc without a Brexit deal.

Responding to the Government’s Immigration White Paper, Punam Birly, Employment & Immigration Partner at KPMG UK said:

The Road Haulage Association warns that plans to set an income-based threshold on immigration after the UK leaves the EU won’t meet the needs of business.

In the event of a no-deal Brexit, the European Commission plans to allow UK and EU operators to maintain the movement of goods between the UK and other EU member states until the end of December 2019.

The boss of the powerful Unite trade union has publicly dismissed calls for a second Brexit referendum, saying Labour risks shattering its electoral base if it backs one.

Brexiteers' calls for a "managed no-deal" exit from the EU are "not credible", a coalition of major business groups has warned.

Two influential Conservative backbenchers have joined former minister Nick Boles in declaring they will quit the party if Theresa May backs a no-deal Brexit.

Britain is due to leave the European Union on 29 March next year. But with the clock ticking down and chaos engulfing Westminster, it’s still far from clear how - or even if - that will happen. The PoliticsHome team spoke to those in the know to try and figure out where the UK might go from here...