2.16pm BST

After Liz Cheney’s remarks, congresswoman Virginia Foxx formally introduced a resolution to remove Cheney from her post as conference chair.

House minority leader Kevin McCarthy, who signaled last week that he was open to replacing Cheney, then said he supported Foxx’s motion, per CBS News.

Per multiple sources inside the GOP conference meeting, @Liz_Cheney gave a similar speech to what she said on the floor last night in her defense. @virginiafoxx motioned to remove her from her position, and @GOPLeader said he would support it.

2.11pm BST

According to Politico, Liz Cheney spoke to the House Republican caucus before the vote, and she warned that Donald Trump will “drag us backward and make us complicit in his efforts to unravel our democracy”.

CHENEY just addressed the House GOP conference, as a meeting gets underway to decide her fate in leadership.

“We cannot let the former president drag us backward and make us complicit in his efforts to unravel our democracy,” she said, per source familiar.

1.59pm BST

The Guardian’s Daniel Strauss reports:

The daughter of the former vice-president Dick Cheney, Liz Cheney has become a symbol of a dwindling band of Republicans largely opposed to Donald Trump’s vice-like grip on the party. Even though she is a staunch conservative, she has faced implacable hostility from Trump and his loyalists.

Related: Liz Cheney expected to be removed from House leadership over Trump criticism

1.55pm BST

Liz Cheney has arrived at the Capitol for this morning’s vote on removing her as House Republican conference chair.

Asked by the New York Times about what this vote means for the GOP, Cheney said, “The party is going to come back stronger, and I’m going to lead the effort to do it.”

Cheney has entered the Capitol. Asked by @jmartNYT what today says about the GOP, she responds: “The party is going to come back stronger and I’m going to lead the effort to do it.”

1.50pm BST

Minutes before House Republicans meet to vote Liz Cheney out of her role as conference chair, Donald Trump issued a statement encouraging them to do so.

“The Republicans in the House of Representatives have a great opportunity today to rid themselves of a poor leader, a major Democrat talking point, a warmonger, and a person with absolutely no personality or heart,” the former president said in a statement released by his political action committee.

1.43pm BST

Greetings from Washington, live blog readers.

House Republicans will vote this morning on whether to remove Liz Cheney from her role as conference chairwoman over her criticism of Donald Trump and his lies about widespread fraud in the presidential election.

Rep. Liz Cheney: “A former president who provoked a violent attack on this Capitol in an effort to steal the election, has resumed his aggressive effort to convince Americans that the election was stolen from him. He risks inciting further violence.” pic.twitter.com/hsk0xTPzsN

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