Theresa May will be battling on two fronts today as she fights to retain power while attempting to find a Brexit compromise following a historic defeat on her deal.
The Prime Minister faces a vote of no confidence in the Government later after suffering the massive parliamentary blow over her controversial withdrawal plans on Tuesday night.
On a historic day in Westminster, MPs overwhelmingly rejected Mrs May’s Withdrawal Agreement by 432 votes to 202 in a humiliating defeat for the leader.
The scale of the 230-vote rejection of the Brexit agenda saw Mrs May pledge to reach out to leading parliamentarians from across the Commons to try and find a way forward.
After Mrs May suffered the biggest government defeat since the 1920s, opponents of the PM's Brexit stance insisted Downing Street must now show real movement. 118 Tories rebelled to vote against the deal.
But the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), which props up the PM’s government, and leading figures from both Brexiteer and Pro-Europe wings of the Tory party have said they would back Mrs May today.
Instead there would be a political declaration on future relations with the EU, they added.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn insisted he was tabling the no confidence motion in the Government because Mrs May's "catastrophic" Brexit defeat represented an "absolutely decisive" verdict by MPs on the Prime Minister's handling of EU withdrawal.
But, Mr Corbyn's hopes of forcing an early general election were dampened as the DUP Westminster leader Nigel Dodds said his party would back Mrs May.
He told BBC2's Newsnight: "We will be supporting the Government in the no confidence motion.
"What it really shows is when it comes to the crunch and the Government's survival is on the line the DUP will be able to keep the Government in power."
Asked if Labour could win Wednesday's no confidence vote, shadow international trade secretary Barry Gardiner told the BBC: "I think the numbers are probably not there tomorrow. We will hope that we can."
Mr Gardiner refused to be drawn on reports that up to 100 Labour MPs were set to call on Mr Corbyn to pivot towards a second Brexit referendum on Wednesday.
European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker, who had cancelled travel plans in order to be in Brussels for the aftermath of the vote on Wednesday, voiced "regret" at the defeat of what he termed "the best possible deal".
He said the Commons vote "increased the risk of a disorderly withdrawal" from the EU.
Mr Juncker said: "I urge the United Kingdom to clarify its intentions as soon as possible."
