Brexit backing MPs call on May to appoint 'no deal' minister amid EU squabble

Theresa May and fellow Conservatives are under fire to make compromises in EU negotiations to secure a Brexit deal.

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Brussels officials have said that they have little faith in Mrs May’s ability to secure a final deal.

Now Brexiteer ministers are believed to be pushing for a 'no deal' minister to be assigned to plot the nation's course if the EU refuse to play ball.

One pro-Brexit minister warned that too many concessions could see "the bottom fall out of the bucket and the Government risking collapse.”

Tory Charlie Elphicke is one of the MPs warning Mrs May to prepare for a no deal scenario.

The Dover MP insisted that it was vital to prepare for the possibility of walking away without a deal option as PM than Jeremy Corbyn.

Meanwhile Brexit chief Olly Robins is forcing the Government to get the EU to declare that "sufficient progress” has been made to start trade talks.

It comes as only three MPs admit to Sky News they want the Prime Minister to resign after former party chairman Grant Shapps said 30 wanted her to stand down.

Sky News contacted 285 MPs, and of the 103 who either replied or spoke publicly, just three called for Mrs May to go.

100 said there should be no immediate change to the leadership.

Tory members have claimed they are still in the dark over key issues surrounding Britain’s departure from the EU with only three weeks to go before trade talks are scheduled to begin.

The ministers even praised Boris Johnson for highlighting the divide between key Leave and Remain Tories when the Foreign Secretary outlined his post-Brexit Britain vision last month.

It is feared cracks will begin to appear in Theresa May’s Government as ministers squabble over key issues such as Britain’s Brexit divorce bill, immigration, and market access.

While Brexit Secretary David Davis and Mr Johnson insist there will be no payments for market access, Chancellor Philip Hammond has warned this could be up for negotiation.