Theresa May will give a last-ditch speech on her "bold new" Brexit deal TODAY after a gruelling Cabinet showdown.
The Prime Minister is expected to address the nation at around 4pm in a hurriedly-announced public statement.
It will fuel speculation there was a major clash when she met her divided Cabinet for three hours and 20 minutes this morning.
There were no resignations during the meeting - but every minister spoke, and Mrs May's spokesman refused to say if there was unanimous support for the new deal.
One minister warned the BBC there were "robust protests" from Brexiteers - which caused the PM to water down her plans.
The Prime Minister met her top team in a bid to agree a package of measures MPs can back in the week of June 3. The vote on her Withdrawal Agreement Bill will be the fourth and final Commons showdown over her Brexit deal.
But MPs have warned the deal - which is not a "new" agreement with either Labour or the EU - is once again doomed to fail.
She told Cabinet the WAB "is the vehicle that gets the UK out of the European Union". Desperately, she added: "It is vital to find a way to get it over the line."
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The Prime Minister was due to push her ministers to go as far as possible on a customs union to try to win over wavering Labour MPs with Leave seats.
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The Cabinet discussed Brexit for two hours in the meeting, with another 40 minutes devoted to Donald Trump's State Visit to the UK.
Ministers discussed workers' rights and environmental protections, and assurances on protecting the integrity of the UK to avoid the 'Irish backstop' clause coming into force.
But despite her efforts the Tory party has already descended into infighting over who will take over the top job when she quits.
And MPs blasted her efforts after the new package of measures leaked to the Telegraph - and appeared to be a re-hash of promises she has already made.
Mrs May's spokesman admitted: "Brexit is a topic that does carry strong opinions and they are very often reflected round the Cabinet table.”
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Theresa May now appears to be haemorrhaging support and facing the prospect she could lose by more than the 58-vote margin she suffered last time.
Brexiteer ringleader Jacob Rees-Mogg , who eventually backed her, hinted he could switch back and vote against the deal once again.
He wrote: "It's changed from being the start of a process a new leader could potentially run with, to being a weight round the neck of a new leader.
"The dynamic has changed."
Mrs May's spokesman insisted: “There’s a universal understanding in Cabinet that the public wants the Government to get on with this.”
But two more Tories, Shailesh Vara and Sir Mike Penning, indicated they could swing back against the deal in interviews with the Evening Standard.
Meanwhile Labour's Emily Thornberry confirmed Labour would vote against the WAB at second reading, not simply abstain.
The Shadow Foreign Secretary warned Tory leadership candidates will "play very far to the right" which could lead to any deal collapsing and a No Deal Brexit.
She told the BBC Theresa May was "setting up her own political version of the Last Rites" in the "dying days of her premiership".
"She won’t listen, she won’t give us what we want," Ms Thornberry said. "It’s like trying to negotiate with a company that’s going out of business."
No Deal planning is expected to be discussed further in the coming weeks as the new Brexit deadline of October 31 ticks closer.
The WAB is not expected to be published before Thursday this week, and may only be published after a parliamentary recess in the week of June 3.
Meanwhile Mrs May's efforts to finally secure her Brexit deal were overshadowed as senior Tories set out their stalls for leadership.
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Others, including Chancellor Philip Hammond, attempted to slow down the increasingly unstoppable force that is Boris Johnson's leadership campaign.
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In a moment of comedy, though, the Health Secretary took waffles into Cabinet, after he got caught on camera enjoying the sweet treat for breakfast earlier this week.
Matt Hancock was carrying a packet of caramel waffles as he arrived in Downing Street for the meeting on Tuesday morning.
The MP for West Suffolk was mocked by Good Morning Britain presenter Piers Morgan on Monday, after cameras recorded him eating before the show went live.
Mr Morgan said: "There's 356 calories and 16.2g fat - that's your fat content for the day gone.
"Given we're a breakfast show, is this your rallying cry to the nation - have a caramel waffle to get you going?"
