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MPs face having their holidays and even weekends cancelled as the Government scrambles to get Brexit laws finished in time.

Rows over how to leave the EU have escalated into a full-blown political crisis with just 81 days until exit day. 

Even if Theresa May somehow manages to get her Brexit deal agreed by MPs next week it will not be law until a huge piece of legislation is completed.

This would normally take months - but there are just weeks remaining until March 29. Defeat for the deal next week would put back the schedule even further.

MPs (pictured at PMQs on December 19) face having their holidays and even weekends cancelled as the Government scrambles to get Brexit laws finished in time

One Whitehall source told the Telegraph: 'The truth is there needs to be drastic action to get all the legislation through.

'Even if MPs sat at weekends and cancelled their holiday there would be less time than you would normally leave to get this sort of work done.'

The Brexit laws to implement the deal include complicated rules on EU citizens living in the UK and updates to border rules as well as putting the treaty itself into the law.

MPs are currently due to take a 10-day recess from the Commons during February half term - leaving Westminster on Valentine's Day and not returning until February 25. 

In most weeks they also currently only sit Monday to Thursday - with rare Friday meetings of MPs usually reserved for backbench MPs to bring forward new laws. This could also be scrapped in favour of a five-day week.

Changes will infuriate MPs who insist they use recess days and Fridays to work in their constituencies - meeting voters and attending local events.

Rising alarm at the short time left before Brexit comes as more than 200 MPs are expected to warn Mrs May today they will never accept a no deal Brexit.

Even if Theresa May (pictured yesterday on Marr) somehow manages to get her Brexit deal agreed by MPs next week it will not be law until a huge piece of legislation is completed

The cross-party group led by former Tory Cabinet minister Dame Caroline Spelman and Labour frontbencher Jack Dromey will urge Mrs May to guarantee that the UK will not leave the EU without a deal even if her own proposals are defeated in the Commons next week.

And the group, which includes nine former Cabinet ministers, will meet the Prime Minister tomorrow to press their case that a no-deal Brexit would cause ‘economic damage’ and cost thousands of jobs.

In a letter to Mrs May, they said: ‘As a cross-party group of MPs, business leaders and representatives, we are united in our determination that the UK must not crash out of the EU without a deal.

‘We urge the Government to agree a mechanism that would ensure a “no deal” Brexit could not take place, and are confident this is a path that Parliament would support.’

Dame Caroline said the group also had the backing of major employers such as Rolls-Royce, Jaguar Land Rover, Airbus and Ford, and employers’ groups such as the CBI, the EEF manufacturers’ group and the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.

Political signatories include former Tory Cabinet ministers Sir Oliver Letwin, Nicky Morgan and Dominic Grieve, their Labour counterparts Harriet Harman, Yvette Cooper, Ben Bradshaw and Liam Byrne, and the former Lib Dem energy secretary Sir Ed Davey.

In a separate move, a smaller cross-party group will fire the first shot in a guerilla war designed to prevent a no deal Brexit.

Miss Cooper and Miss Morgan have proposed an amendment to the Finance Bill, which enacts Budget pledges, that would prevent the Treasury implementing no-deal measures unless the idea of leaving without a deal had been sanctioned by Parliament.

Mrs Morgan said it was ‘time for Parliament to show our opposition to a “no deal” exit’. Miss Cooper said: ‘Time is running out and this is too serious for brinkmanship. Parliament needs to make sure there are opportunities to stop the country reaching the cliff edge by accident.

'This amendment helps to do that.’ 

What might happen if May loses her meaningful vote on the deal?

Having finalised her Brexit deal, Theresa May now has to put it to the Commons - a vote almost everyone thinks she will lose.

What happens next on the road to Brexit is very hard to forecast - but amid the chaos there are a series of routes which politicians could take.

These are six scenarios for how Brexit might play out:   

May renegotiates with Brussels and wins a second meaningful vote

This appears to be the Government's current strategy. After MPs vote down the deal, the markets react with horror and Mrs May flies to Brussels to ask for help.

She either gets some new concessions or the EU says there really is nothing else.

Either way, Mrs May come back to the Commons and asks MPs to vote again - and wins as rebels back down in the face of no deal chaos and plunging markets.   

May renegotiates with Brussels but loses a second vote - triggering a confidence vote and a new Tory PM who orders a second referendum

Mrs May's deal is defeated a second time in the Commons and Labour immediately calls a vote of confidence in the Government - which is lost.

Mrs May resigns as Prime Minister and is replaced in a quickfire Tory leadership contest. The winner is installed in No 10 but warned by the DUP the deal is still unacceptable.

Admitting there is no way to win a confidence vote and no renegotiation with Brussels, the new PM orders a second referendum on the deal or Brexit with no deal at all. 

This would probably require the Prime Minister to delay Brexit by extending the Article 50 process. 

May's Brexit deal is rejected a second time in the House of Commons - she resigns and the new Prime Minister calls for a General Election to break the impasse 

Mrs May resigns immediately after her deal is rejected by the House of Commons for a second time. She stays on long enough in No 10 for a Tory leadership contest.

The new Prime Minister declares they want a mandate for their own version of Brexit and says they want a majority in the House of Commons to deliver it. 

Labour seizes on the chance to go to the polls and Tory MPs reluctantly vote in the Commons for a snap election in late January or early February.

The Government is re-elected with a majority and passes its version of the deal.  

May switches to support for a No Deal Brexit after MPs reject her plan - but Labour wins a vote demanding a new referendum with support from Tory Remain rebels 

After Mrs May's deal is rejected by MPs, the Prime Minister insists the will of the Commons is clear and Brexit must be pursued without a deal.

She wins a confidence vote among all MPs and is able to cling to power while she drives the country toward exit day without a deal. 

Labour demands an election but ignored by the PM, takes its earliest opportunity to table a motion in the Commons which condemns a no deal Brexit and calls for a new referendum on Brexit. 

The motion passes - while it has no effect in law it changes the political mood dramatically. The Prime Minister says she cannot ignore the clear will of Parliament and starts the process of a new referendum.

May is replaced by a new Tory Prime Minister who immediately calls an election - but Labour wins with a promise for a referendum

After losing her deal in the Commons, Mrs May is replaced in a rapid leadership election. The new Tory Prime Minister immediately calls an election.

In the belief it can win by switching against Brexit, Labour changes its policy and puts a new referendum in its manifesto.

Polling day comes in late January and Mr Corbyn is returned as Prime Minister. 

He immediately goes to Brussels, gets a six month extension to Article 50 and starts the process of calling a new referendum on a Remain or Leave with a new deal question. 

The deal is defeated and after a no confidence vote, Remain MPs break party lines to back a new PM to form a national government that calls a referendum

Mrs May resigns amid chaos following a confidence vote - starting two weeks of limbo before a new election must be called in the absence of a Government.

In the vacuum, an MP calls on people across the Commons to break party lines and form a national government. The group forces a motion onto the floor of the House, possibly via the backbench business committee.

In a surprise result, the motion not only carries but has support of more than half of MPs - shifting the politics and prompting the new leader to be invited to form their national government.

The new Prime Minister calls a referendum with Remain, No Deal or May's deal on the ballot paper - with a second round run off to decide the final settlement.  

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Rows over how to leave the EU have escalated into a full-blown political crisis with just 81 days until exit day. 
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