Could next week’s Brexit vote be SCRAPPED? Tory whips ‘discuss plan to send Theresa May back to Brussels in bid to win new concessions rather than face Commons defeat’

By Connor Boyd For Mailonline 02:05 03 Dec 2018, updated 13:59 03 Dec 2018

Mrs May's crucial Brexit vote is due to go ahead in the Commons next Monday
But there's a plan to pull it on Friday, just two days before the December 11 date
It could be scrapped as the PM goes back to Brussels to renegotiate her deal
Comes amid panic that her deal could lose in the Commons by up to 200 votes

Next week's Brexit vote could be scrapped as the Prime Minister plans to seek more concessions from Brussels, it's been revealed.

The crucial vote - due to go ahead next Monday - could be postponed as Tory whips urge Theresa May to go back to EU to renegotiate her deal to avoid a defeat in the Commons.

If true, the Government would abandon the vote on Friday - just two sitting days before the December 11 date, according to The Sun.

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Next week's Brexit vote in the Commons could be scrapped as the Prime Minister plans to seek more concessions from Brussels

The move is reportedly backed by a string of senior Cabinet ministers including Sajid Javid, Chris Grayling, Jeremy Hunt and Liam Fox.

It could give Mrs May one last chance to win over Tory rebels, if she were to come back with a new and improved deal.

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The last-minute plan comes amid fear the deal is on course to lose by up to 200 votes in the Commons.

Downing street still insists that the December 11 vote will go ahead.

Home Secretary Sajid Javid is thought to be among senior Cabinet ministers in favour of the move

At the G20 summit in Argentina yesterday, the defiant Prime Minister insisted she will face down massive opposition from more than 100 Tory rebels, Labour, the SNP and the Lib Dems to the package she thrashed out with the EU.

She said the next nine days will 'determine the future' of the UK.

The scale of the challenge facing Mrs May was underlined over the weekend with the resignation of universities minister Sam Gyimah, who joined demands for a second referendum.

Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt is another minister to back the scrapping of the current deal, according to reports

One No10 aide is reported to have complained that the PM is acting like Hitler in his bunker at the end of the Second World War, insisting victory can still be secured.

Meanwhile, Labour has confirmed it will 'inevitably' call a no-confidence vote in the wake of what looks like her near-certain defeat in the Commons on December 11.

As critics gathered for an all-out assault, shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer hinted that his favoured outcome is a second referendum - suggesting staying in the EU should be an option in the ballot, and no-deal Brexit should not be.

A group of Cabinet ministers are also said to be preparing to push for a Norway-style relationship with the EU to avoid a disastrous no-deal.

DUP is on the verge of ending support for May's government amid fears her deal will create a border in the Irish Sea

The DUP is on the verge of ending its deal to support Theresa May's government, it was reported last night.

The Northern Ireland party's ten MPs have a confidence and supply deal with the government to give Mrs May a narrow majority in the Commons.

But they may renege on the deal to vote against her Brexit deal over fears it will discriminate Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK and create a trade border in the Irish Sea.

The DUP is on the verge of ending its deal to support Theresa May's government. Pictured: DUP leader Arlene Forster

DUP sources last night said they were considering the move, reported The Times.

It comes after Mrs May vowed to cling on as PM - despite facing a catastrophic Commons defeat over her Brexit deal.

The Prime Minister insisted she will face down massive opposition from more than 100 Tory rebels, Labour, the SNP and the Lib Dems to the package she thrashed out with the EU.

She said the next nine days will 'determine the future' of the UK.

Theresa May insisted she will face down massive opposition from more than 100 Tory rebels, Labour, the SNP and the Lib Dems to the package she thrashed out with the EU

But she was humiliatingly forced to deny that the G20 summit in Argentina could be her last foreign trip as PM - saying there is 'a lot more for me still to do'.

The scale of the challenge facing Mrs May was underlined over the weekend with the resignation of universities minister Sam Gyimah, who joined demands for a second referendum.

One No10 aide is reported to have complained that the PM is acting like Hitler in his bunker at the end of the Second World War, insisting victory can still be secured.

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