Remainer ministers ‘team up with pro-EU rebel Dominic Grieve to wreck Theresa May’s plans’
Amber Rudd has refused to rule out quitting in order to back an amendment which takes No Deal off the table
MINISTERS are plotting with EU rebel Dominic Grieve to wreck Theresa May's Brexit strategy, it was claimed tonight.
Several senior figures could reportedly resign next week in order to ensure the Remainer rebels succeed in taking control of Brexit.
And Amber Rudd broke cover tonight to demand the PM suspend party discipline in next week's crunch Brexit vote.
Pro-Remain MPs have tabled a number of motions designed to stop Britain leaving the EU without a deal.
One of them, written by pro-EU Tory Mr Grieve, would give MPs control over the Commons timetable until the scheduled date of Brexit.
A senior rebel told The Sun that multiple ministers were keen to see the amendment pass and may even resign in order to support it publicly.
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Amber Rudd
The MP said: ";It it is quite clear that there are a large number, a significant number who are very troubled by the direction of travel."
Another key amendment from Yvette Cooper would let MPs force the Government to delay Brexit for up to nine months.
Tonight Work and Pensions Secretary Ms Rudd called on Mrs May to let ministers vote in favour of the Cooper motion.
And she refused to rule out resigning if the PM instructs Tory MPs not to back the amendment.
Asked whether she could walk out of the Cabinet, Ms Rudd told the BBC: "At this stage I’m going to stick to trying to persuade Government to allow it to be a free vote. We’ll have to wait and see."
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NEXT Tuesday, the Commons will debate Theresa May's Plan B for Brexit - which is identical to her Plan A.
Although the debate will be on a so-called "neutral motion";, stating only that the Commons has considered her statement, MPs will have the power to table amendments dictating what should happen next.
Speaker John Bercow - known for his pro-EU sympathies - will choose which ones MPs can vote on.
COOPER - NINE-MONTH DELAY
Yvette Cooper is tabling a bill to stop Britain leaving the EU without a deal on March 29.
She proposes that if there isn't a deal by February 26, MPs could delay Article 50 for nine months - giving ministers until the end of the 2019 to secure a withdrawal agreement.
The bill is a standalone law, but an amendment to the PM's statement would see it catapulted to the top of the Commons agenda.
Jeremy Corbyn is likely to support the move, which would give it a good chance of passing.
GRIEVE - WRECKING BREXIT
Dominic Grieve has proposed an amendment which would effectively transfer power from the Government to the Commons.
Under the terms of his proposal, MPs would get the power to decide which bills are debated in Parliament, a privilege usually held by ministers.
The amendment would tear up centuries of precedent by limiting the Government's ability to govern and so is unlikely to succeed.
MURRISON - PM'S LIFELINE
Tory Brexiteer Andrew Murrison has an amendment which could help the PM make her case in Brussels.
It takes the form of a demand for a time limit on the hated "Irish backstop" plan, to stop Britain being trapped in the EU customs union permanently.
If Conservative backbenchers support it, Mrs May could then use that as proof that all she needs to get the deal through Parliament is a tweak to the backstop - putting the ball in Brussels' court.
CORBYN - MORE FUDGE
Last night Jeremy Corbyn and his frontbench allies tabled an amendment laying out Labour's policy.
The non-binding motion would see Britain seek to reopen the withdrawal agreement - something the EU insists is impossible.
It also suggests that the Government should allow MPs to vote on whether or not to back a second referendum.
BENN - NONSTOP VOTES
Senior backbencher Hilary Benn wants ministers to stage a series of "indicative votes" on what to do next.
That would allow MPs to have their say on their preferred outcome - from No Deal to a second referendum.
CREASY - CITIZENS' ASSEMBLY
An amendment from Labour Remainer Stella Creasy is a bid to secure a "citizen's assembly" on Brexit.
It would force the Government to delay Article 50, then convene an assembly of 250 representative voters to discuss the way forward.
REEVES - STOP THE CLOCK
Labour's Rachel Reeves has drawn up an amendment which would simply delay Brexit if Britain is heading towards a No Deal.
It's a simplified version of the bill tabled by Yvette Cooper.
SPELMAN/DROMEY - NO DEAL? NO WAY
Tory ex-minister Caroline Spelman and Labour's Jack Dromey want the Government to rule out No Deal.
Their amendment would state that the Commons "rejects the United Kingdom leaving the European Union without a withdrawal agreement and a framework for the future relationship".
LIB DEMS - CANCEL BREXIT
Vince Cable and his Lib Dem allies have put down a motion to force a second referendum on Brexit.
The amendment says the Government should "prepare for a People’s Vote in which the public will have the option to remain in the European Union".
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Philip Hammond also undermined the Government's policy by claiming that No Deal would betray Brexit voters by wrecking the economy.
Mrs May is adamant that No Deal must remain on the table or the EU will never give us a better agreement.
And she has spoken out against the idea of delaying Brexit - saying Britain must quit the EU on March 29 as planned.
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