Two years of prevarication.

29 March 2017
Theresa May sends Article 50 notification letter

18 April 2017
Theresa May calls a general election for 8 June

8 June 2017
General election results in hung parliament

19 June 2017
The first round of Brexit negotiations takes place

8 December 2017
Joint report published by the UK & EU

15 December 2017
European Council concludes sufficient progress has been made to move on to the second phase of the talks

28 February 2018
The European Commission publishes a draft of the Withdrawal Agreement

26 June 2018
European Union Withdrawal Bill becomes an act

6 July 2018
Chequers meeting

8 July 2018
David Davis resigns as Brexit secretary, replaced by Dominic Raab

9 July 2018
Boris Johnson resigns as Foreign secretary

20 September 2018
An informal EU summit is held in Salzburg

14 November 2018
The UK & EU reach an agreement 'in principle' on the Withdrawal Agreement

15 November 2018
Dominic Raab resigns as Brexit secretary along with Esther McVey, Suella Braverman, Rehman Chisti and Shailesh Vara

16 November 2018
Stephen Barclay is appointed Brexit secretary

10 December 2018
The ECJ rules that a member state can unilaterally revoke Article 50
The prime minister postpones the first meaningful vote

12 December 2018
Conservative MP's trigger a no confidence vote in Theresa May, which she wins

15 January 2019
The government loses the first meaningful vote by 220 votes

16 January 2019
The government wins a no confidence vote in the commons

11 March 2019
Theresa Many travels to Strasbourg to finalise additional texts to the Withdrawal Agreement

12 March 2019
Theresa May's deal is defeated a second time by 149 votes

13 March 2019
MP's vote to reject the UK leaving the EU without a deal

14 March 2019
MP's vote to request an extension of the Article 50 period

20 March 2019
Theresa May requests an extension of Article 50 to the end of June

21 March 2019
EU agrees Article 50 extension to 12 April

27 March 2019
indicative votes held in the commons to find a Brexit consensus


12 April 2019
Current deadline for the end of Article 50