Brexiteer Andrea Leadsom has told Theresa May 'more has to be done' to her EU withdrawal draft before next week's EU summit.
The Commons leader - one of the remaining Brexiteers in the Cabinet dubbed the Gang of Five - issued the veiled threat to Mrs May after agreeing to stay on in the Cabinet amid a slew of resignations.
Leadsom, along with Michael Gove, Penny Mourdaunt, Liam Fox and Chris Grayling were on the brink of resignation but reportedly stayed on so they could impose changes on the Brexit draft, which is likely to be voted down in the Commons next month.
But Leadsom's warning will remind the Prime Minister that resignations will follow within a fortnight if their demands are not met.
Speaking outside her South Northamptonshire constituency, Mrs Leadsom said: 'I'm absolutely determined to support the Prime Minister in getting the best possible deal for the UK as we leave the EU.
There is still more to be done and we do still have more time before the EU Council at the end of the month.
Andrea Leadsom tells Theresa May 'more has to be done' to her EU withdrawal draft in an interview in her South Northamptonshire constituency
'I'm committed to getting the Brexit that 17.4million people voted for.'
The so-called Gang of Five have reportedly been attending 'pizza nights' at Leadsom's home to devise a plan to go back to Brussels and demand a unilateral exit mechanism from the backstop arrangement over Northern Ireland.
Leadsom's warning to the PM came after Brexiteers attempted to launch a vote of no confidence against Mrs May.
Tory critics of the Prime Minister need to hand 48 letters to the 1922 committee - that's 15 per cent of the party - to spark the motion to remove Mrs May, but sources confirmed they were still stuck at 37.
Brexiteer Michael Gove (pictured on a jog this morning) is one of the Gang of Five understood to have only stayed in the cabinet to influence and change May's Brexit draft
Twenty-three MPs have gone public with their letters of no confidence.
Brexiteers were warned their efforts could drive Remain-voting Tories to attempt to stop Brexit entirely.
Mrs Leadsom has been reportedly been leading a group of Brexiteer Cabinet ministers who want to tweak the deal Mrs May agreed with the EU after two years of talks to make it more acceptable to them.
Brexiteer MP Henry Smith was one of a reported 37 MPs to hand in their letter of no confidence in the Prime Minister. Twenty-three MPs went public, while 14 handed them in discreetly
Jacob Rees-Mogg (pictured outside the Commons on Thursday) sensationally launched his bid to remove Theresa May, threatening her position in the Commons before holding a press conference naming possible successors
At the end of a bruising week for the Prime Minister, she used an interview with the Daily Mail to tell her critics their alternative plans for Brexit would not solve the main problem - the North Ireland/Ireland border backstop arrangement.
She told the newspaper: 'People say 'if you could only just do something slightly different, have a Norway model or a Canada model, this backstop issue would go away'. It would not. That issue is still going to be there.
'Some politicians get so embroiled in the intricacies of their argument they forget it is not about this theory or that theory, or does it make me look good.'
It came after a tumultuous week including the departure of Brexit secretary Dominic Raab and Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey, plus the launch of a high-profile insurrection on the back benches to remove her from office.
She responded by bringing former home secretary Amber Rudd, who quit over the Windrush scandal, back into Cabinet to replace Ms McVey at the DWP.
Mrs May will continue her attempts to sell the deal to sceptical MPs and the public with a live interview on Sky's Ridge on Sunday.
But there seems little sign of the sides coming together.
Mr Burt, whose role spans the Foreign Office and Department for International Development, attacked a tweet by Steve Baker, deputy chairman of the European Research Group, in which the latter promoted a lawyer's legal case against the agreement reached with Brussels.
Mr Burt wrote: 'Be very clear. If an agreed deal on leaving between the Govt and the EU is voted down by purist Brexiteers, do not be surprised if consensus on accepting the result of the Referendum by Remain voting MPs breaks down.
'Parliament will not support no deal.'
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Main photo article Brexiteer Andrea Leadsom has told Theresa May ‘more has to be done’ to her EU withdrawal draft before next week’s EU summit.
The Commons leader – one of the remaining Brexiteers in the Cabinet dubbed the Gang of Five – issued the veiled threat to Mrs May after ...
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