Theresa May's new Brexit plan has been branded "dead on arrival" despite her attempts to woo Labour and Tory MPs to her cause.
The prime minister set out her 10-point plan in the Commons but the Conservative benches behind her were unusually empty after Tory MPs expressed fury at her latest proposal.
In another headache for Ms May, a new YouGov poll put the Conservatives in fifth place for the upcoming European elections, slumping to just 7 per cent while the Brexit Party led on 37 per cent.
Amid reports that ministers were concerned that Ms May’s offer on a second referendum went beyond what was agreed in cabinet, the PM’s official spokesman said that her speech on Tuesday “reflects the position that was agreed yesterday”.
“There was a discussion at cabinet. The speech represented the agreed way forward,” he said.
Asked whether the PM was confident of getting her bill through parliament, the spokesman said: “We have tried three times to take the UK out of the EU. We have been unsuccessful.
"We continue to have a very long way to go to be able to find a way for parliament to support the Withdrawal Agreement Bill.”
Foreign affairs committee chairman Tom Tughendhat has broken cover and called for Theresa May to resign.
In a piece for the FT, the Tory rising star said: "Leadership matters; it has been absent for too long.
"This can only change with a new prime minister who can inject fresh energy into a moribund process and rebuild the trust necessary to deliver a deal.
"Every day that nothing changes, with the same discredited leadership, is another wasted day that moves the country closer to falling out of the bloc without adequate preparations."
Women are being forced into "survival sex" work for basic needs like “laundry and food” due to a lack of access to universal credit, MPs have been told.
Some were charging as little as £2, the Work and Pensions Committee heard.
“One woman we work with said: ‘I hate sleeping on the street, I tried to find a punter who would let me sleep for free sex. I hate it, but I hate sleeping on the street more'," Laura Seebohm, of the Changing Lives charity, said.
A Tory MP texts to say May "needs to go" in the wake of her speech yesterday.
Mood amongst the Scottish Conservatives is "not good" as they are worried that the SNP will make hay with May's promise to allow MPs to vote on a second referendum.
They say: "The reality is 2nd ref amendments would have been put down anyway, so why proactively offer that and say you will facilitate a referendum.
"And why was she allowed to give that speech two days before the Euros? How are her advisers so f****** s*** and tone deaf politically?
"People who didn't watch it closely are confused and think she has offered a second referendum.
"I suspect she has now definitely cost us our seat in Scotland and she needs to go."
Speculation mounting now that Scottish secretary David Mundell could go in to see the PM.
A source said he wanted to make sure the government did not present the possibility of a second Brexit referendum in a way that could be "exploited" by the SNP in an attempt to justify a second independence referendum.
Nigel Evans, who sits on the 1922's executive, said he would be seeking a rule change to hold another confidence vote and the PM should "make way for fresh leadership without handcuffing her successor to a poisoned baton".
Following the failed bid to oust her in 2018, under the existing rules Mrs May should be safe from another confidence motion until December.
But speculation is rife through Westminster that the PM's time may be up.
Channel 4 had been refused entry to the party's events - a decision the programme had linked to its investigation into party finances.
But a party spokesman said the dispute was about the behaviour of the programme's camera crew at the Leave Means Leave rally in Parliament Square on March 29.
The issue has now apparently been resolved, and party chairman Richard Tice will be interviewed on the programme on Wednesday evening.
A party spokesman said: "Having secured unauthorised access to a secure zone, the Channel 4 team repeatedly lied, falsely claiming that they had been invited in.
"When challenged by Mr Tice and asked to leave, they repeatedly refused.
"Channel 4 has accepted that there are legitimate security concerns, and given the necessary reassurance that there will be no repeat of such behaviour.
"Now that this unfortunate episode has been resolved, we look forward to welcoming them to future Brexit Party events."
A Channel 4 News spokeswoman denied the allegation of lying.
She said on Wednesday: "Channel 4 News met with the Brexit Party today and Richard Tice has agreed to an interview on the programme tonight.
"We would like to set the record straight and be clear that we do not accept the assertion that our team 'repeatedly lied'.
"Our team were escorted into a secure area by a Leave Means Leave press officer.
"We are pleased that this matter has now reached a conclusion, six weeks after an incident we were unaware of and five days after our Channel 4 News investigation into Nigel Farage."
More from the huddle:
A Downing Street source said there will be “widespread engagement” with MPs from all sides of the House over the 11-day Whitsun recess as the Prime Minister seeks to drum up support for her new deal.
Asked if Ms May had considered resigning after seeing the initial response to her proposals, the source said: “The Prime Minister is focused on the job in hand. What the last 24 hours or so have proved is that it is a big one.”
He confirmed that Ms May remains committed to meeting the chairman of the backbench 1922 Committee, Sir Graham Brady, following the second reading vote to discuss the timetable for the succession.
In huddle with journalists, a Downing Street source confirms the plan is to hold second reading in week of 3 June.
"We have got a job of work to do and that won't be easy but I think you got a sense today of the PM's determination and the very strong reasons she believes this is the right thing to do.
"We will be doing everything in our power to give effect to that."
Asked whether the PM will resign if the Tory vote drops below 10 per cent in the European Parliament elections, the source said: "We expect a very challenging night when the results come through but the Prime Minister is focused on the task at hand, which is delivering the Brexit people voted for.
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