Cabinet unity crumbles as eight top ministers refuse to back May's Brexit delay

Those who failed to vote with the prime minister included her own Brexit secretary and 187 other Tory MPs

Reports suggested that chief whip Julian Smith attacked the remainers, and then stormed out when business secretary Mr Clark tried to explain himself.

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