Brexit hardliners today demanded Theresa May orders her ministers and MPs to vote yes to no deal next week if the Attorney General fails to win backstop concessions.
They fear the Prime Minister could instead order Tories to vote against no deal or give a free vote - either way taking a no deal Brexit off the table.
Amid a scramble to save the deal Attorney General Geoffrey Cox is flying back to Brussels today, alongside Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay, for further talks with EU negotiator Michel Barnier about the Irish border plans will work.
Downing Street played down claims the Prime Minister is set to follow imminently, warning there is 'still a lot of work to do' on ensuring the protocol cannot last forever.
Expectation is mounting Mrs May could make a last-minute trip to Brussels on Sunday ahead of a new 'meaningful vote' to approve her deal next Tuesday.
The PM has promised if her deal has not been backed by then, MPs will have a vote on whether to accept no deal next Wednesday, March 13.
Jacob Rees-Mogg, the chairman of the European Research Group of Tory MPs, told the Telegraph: 'The Government must whip for Government policy and manifesto commitments. No deal is specifically referred to in the manifesto.'
In other developments today, Robert Goodwill was appointed to replace George Eustice at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Mr Eustice quit last week over the threat of delaying Brexit, vowing to vote for no deal.
Brexit hardliners have demanded Theresa May (pictured today at Buckingham Palace) orders her ministers and MPs to vote yes to no deal next week if the Attorney General fails to win backstop concessions
Theresa May's legal chief, Attorney General Geoffrey, Cox arriving at 10 Downing Street for the weekly Cabinet meeting today. He is due to head to Brussels this afternoon for more talks with EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier
Brexiteers argue that keeping that disruptive and potentially damaging option on the table is vital to ensure she can get the best possible deal with the European Union.
But more moderate MPs have warned that they would act to stop a no-deal Brexit, with Ministers threatening to resign to prevent it from happening.
And former party leader Iain Duncan Smith added: 'It is crystal clear that the Government has to keep no deal on the table and whip against an extension.
'That's what she has said for two years. She has to oppose anyone trying to take it off the table and to reject an extension.
'That will make the EU sit up and understand that we are serious. It won't give anything until these votes are done.'
Meanwhile the ERG is reported to want 48 hours to study Mrs May's deal, with Mr Rees-Mogg's deputy Mark Francois telling the Sun: 'Any attempt to bounce the Commons is likely to backfire spectacularly.'
Mrs May's spokesman refused to address questions about how Tory MPs would be whipped in a no deal vote today.
The Prime Minister told Cabinet today Mr Cox and Mr Barclay were continuing to seek 'legally binding changes to the backstop that will allow MPs to support the meaningful vote'.
In other developments today, Chancellor Philip Hammond urged MPs to back the deal next week to unlock a wave of new investment in the UK.
After Independent Group former minister Chris Leslie raised concerns about the impact of a 'disastrous' Brexit on the UK's new technology sector, Mr Hammond replied: 'My view is that we have a huge amount of pent-up investment that has not gone ahead over the last two-and-a-half years because of uncertainty.
'Once we can provide clarity to British business about our future and we do that by supporting the deal that the Prime Minister will be bringing forward next week, we will unleash that investment and we will allow Britain to achieve its rightful potential as one of the world's leading technology powers.'
Home Secretary Sajid Javid arriving for the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday morning, where next week's Brexit votes are set to dominate the debate around the table
Brexiteer International Trade Secretary Penny Mordaunt (left), Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd and Health Secretary Matt Hancock, who are both Remainers, arriving at Number 10 this morning.
Chris Grayling in Downing Street this morning, the day after opposition MPs accused him of going 'into hiding' after avoiding a Commons' grilling over a botched no-deal Brexit ferry deal
Iain Duncan Smith, the former Tory leader, warned Theresa May to keep the option of no-deal Brexit on the table in the March 13 vote and to whip MPs against an extension in a separate vote the following day
German carnivalgoers showed their opinion of Brexit during the annual Rose Monday parade in Duesseldorf, Germany, on Monday
Meanwhile Foreign Secretary Mr Hunt said Europe's leaders were 'prepared to be reasonable' as Prime Minister Theresa May presses for concessions that will persuade MPs to back her Brexit deal.
Mr Hunt, who has been part of a diplomatic push in capital cities around the European Union, said: 'I think the signals we are getting are reasonably positive. I don't want to overstate them because I still think there's a lot of work to do, but I think they do understand that we are being sincere.
'I think that they are beginning to realise that we can get a majority in Parliament because they are seeing the signals coming from the people who voted against the deal before who are saying, crucially, that they are prepared to be reasonable about how we get to that position that we can't legally be trapped in the backstop.'
Mr Cox has reportedly dropped attempts to secure either a time limit or a unilateral exit mechanism from the backstop in the face of entrenched opposition from the EU.
Asked whether they were still the UK's demands, Mr Hunt told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that the crucial issue was avoiding an indefinite backstop and 'how we get there is something we are prepared to be flexible about'.
That could mean a role for a 'fair arbitration mechanism', he said.
Mr Cox had earlier poured cold water on the claims about his demands being dropped, describing then as 'misunderstood fag ends dressed up as facts'.
Foreign Secretary Mr Hunt said Europe's leaders were 'prepared to be reasonable' because they 'are seeing the signals coming from the people who voted against the deal before'
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