Theresa May is to insist her Brexit deal is 95 per cent complete as she updates MPs in the Commons later today.
It comes amid yet more speculation over the prime minister's future, with a flurry of talk over the weekend over an immediate threat to her leadership.
She will tell MPs that since last month's fractious summit in Salzburg, "important progress" has been made on issues like security, transport and services.
"The PM has always been very clear that we must set a tone in public discourse that is neither dehumanising nor derogatory.
"Personal vitriol has no place in our politics."
UK, France and Germany ‘urgently’ demand clarification of 'exactly what happened' in Khashoggi killing
Three nations condemn death of dissident journalist ‘in the strongest possible terms’ in joint statement
Theresa May faces fight for her leadership as mutinous Tory MPs warn she is ‘drinking in last chance saloon’
Theresa May is facing a fight to save her leadership as mutinous Tory MPs demanded she appears before them to justify her Brexit plans.
The prime minister has been urged to attend a so-called show trial at the 1922 Committee of Conservatives on Wednesday, after last week’s crunch summit in Brussels broke up without a deal on Britain exit terms.
Amid an outpouring of backbench anger, former Brexit secretary David Davis said Ms May had “managed to anger not just Leavers but ardent Remainers as well”, in an article where he set out his own vision for Brexit, and prompted speculation about his leadership ambitions.
This is from the Press Association on a letter sent by Commons staff in the wake of a damning report, detailing bullying and harassment on the parliamentary estate.
MPs should be barred from determining the outcome of bullying or sexual harassment claims made against their Commons colleagues, Westminster officials have said.
In an "unprecedented" letter, dozens of serving and former clerks and other officials - along with several MPs - called for the recommendations of an inquiry into Westminster's bullying culture to be adopted in full.
The officials said that, as well as MPs being stripped of a role in determining allegations about colleagues, the complaints procedures should also be amended so historic claims can be investigated.
The letter comes after High Court judge Dame Laura Cox lifted the lid on a toxic environment in Westminster, which included staff having their bottoms and breasts touched in an atmosphere fuelled by ready access to alcohol.
Her report found that a culture of "deference, subservience, acquiescence and silence" had allowed the mistreatment of staff in the House of Commons to thrive.
The report heaped pressure on Commons Speaker John Bercow, who has himself been the subject of bullying allegations, which he denies.
In their letter to the ruling House of Commons Commission, the former officials said "we have personally experienced, or seen first-hand, bullying or harassment by Members of Parliament left to go unchallenged.
"Dame Laura Cox's report has exposed Westminster's open secret - a minority of parliamentarians have been allowed to get away with this behaviour for years."
UK, France and Germany ‘urgently’ demand clarification of 'exactly what happened' in Khashoggi killing
Britain, France and Germany have said “nothing can justify” the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside Saudi Arabia’s Istanbul consulate, as the nations demanded “credible facts” over his death.
A joint statement issued by UK foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt and his counterparts in Berlin and Paris, Heiko Maas and Jean-Yves Le Drian, condemned the alleged murder “in the strongest possible terms”.
They said there was an “urgent need for clarification on exactly what happened” when Khashoggi, an outspoken critic of the Saudi regime, entered the consulate in Turkey on 2 October.
“Defending freedom of expression and a free press are key priorities for Germany, the United Kingdom and France,” the statement added.
Chris Grayling has attempted to play down divisions at the top of the government over Brexit as he insisted his colleagues in the cabinet are "not a set of clones".
And responding to increased speculation of an immediate threat to the PM's leadership, the transport secretary said MPs seeking a vote of confidence in the PM risk seeing Britain leave the EU without a deal.
The cabinet minister, who ran Mrs May's leadership campaign in 2016, appealed for calm as opponents of the PM ramped up their threats to remove her from office if she does not alter course on Brexit.
Asked about a possible no-confidence vote, Mr Grayling told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "This is really a moment for calm, level heads.
"We have got to get through the last bit of negotiation. There will be a vote in Parliament that follows.
"The reality is that, if the deal on offer is something that can't get through Parliament, we will end up in a no-deal situation, so it is in everyone's interest, the European Union and us, to make sure that what we agree is something that both sides can accept."
Jobs will be lost if Brexit deal not reached by December, business leader warns
Work will be moved out of the UK and jobs will be lost, unless the government finalises a Brexit withdrawal agreement by December, the director general of the CBI has warned.
Carolyn Fairbairn said business reality would soon start to outpace Brexit negotiations, and decisions will have to be taken to counteract uncertainty.
Four out of five firms said Brexit had hit their investment plans, and they would be implementing “damaging” contingency plans in the absence of greater certainty, according to a survey of 236 businesses made for the CBI.
Brexit deal must be done by 'end of November' or government risks running out of time, says Dominic Raab
Dominic Raab has said a Brexit deal needs to be done by the “end of November” or the government risks running out of time to rubber-stamp the agreement before Britain leaves the EU.
The Brexit secretary insisted that a deal was still possible with “goodwill and a bit of oomph” on both sides, despite a crunch EU summit last week breaking up without an arrangement with Brussels.
Theresa May faced heavy criticism from Tory MPs after she floated the idea the government could agree to a longer transition period to give negotiators time to solve the vexed issue of the Irish border.
Final Say: Anti-Brexit campaigners to target 50 Conservative MPs in push to win people's vote on deal
Pro-EU campaigners have drawn up a hit list of 50 Tory MPs who could be persuaded to support a second Brexit referendum after more than 670,000 people took to the streets to demand a vote on Britain’s exit terms.
Five government ministers are among the Conservative politicians deemed ”reachable” by the People’s Vote group, which is ramping up pressure on individual MPs to back a final say on plans to leave the EU.
It comes in the wake of the major demonstration for a fresh Brexit vote on Saturday, organised in partnership with The Independent, which is thought to be the largest march in the capital since the Iraq War protests in 2003.
Brexit withdrawal agreement '95% complete', Theresa May to tell MPs
Theresa May is to say 95 per cent of the Brexit deal is settled as she seeks to quell mounting frustration at her handling of EU divorce negotiations.
In a Commons statement on Monday following talks with European leaders in Brussels, the prime minister will insist the “shape of the deal across the vast majority” of the withdrawal agreement is now clear.
But she will also reiterate her refusal to compromise over the Irish border, one of the key issues yet to be resolved with just over five months until Britain leaves the EU.
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