Brexit: Cabinet to meet amid pressure on May
Media captionOn Sunday, amid reports of a plot to replace Mrs May with a caretaker prime minister, two cabinet ministers touted as potential successors said theyAs senior figures dismissed talk of a"coup", Mrs May summoned leading opponents of her deal to Chequers, her country retreat, to assess whether there is enough support for it to bring it back to the Commons this week.
Conservative MP Sir Oliver Letwin, who is spearheading the move, told the Today programme that once Mrs May knows what it would take to get a majority vote, it would help her find"a way forward in principle". Brexit Secretary Steve Barclay warned on Sunday that the risk of a general election would increase if MPs took control of parliamentary proceedings and brought about a"constitutional collision".
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