Brexit | What Theresa May's historic Brexit defeat means for HR

Theresa May’s Brexit deal was overwhelmingly shot down by MPs yesterday, with both Remainers and Leavers rejecting the bill.

While this was a widely predicted outcome, businesses across the country are facing up to the reality of a prolonged lack of clarity about the future of the UK and how the current situation will impact the world of work.

For the Prime Minister at least, she is facing up to a Vote of No Confidence tabled by Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn, further adding to the confusion. Labour’s Shadow Chancellor, John McDonnell told the BBC that whilst he expected to lose the vote he wasn’t giving in. "Who can tell anymore, because after yesterday's vote anything can happen in Parliament," he said.

Confirming the DUP – the Conservative's supply and demand partner - would back the government in the vote, MP Sammy Wilson said his party "never wanted a change of government, we wanted a change of policy".

And Carolyn Fairbairn, CBI Director-General, called on politicians to reach a compromise agreement. “Every business will feel no deal is hurtling closer," she warned.