By Joel Adams For Mailonline
Published: 21:58 GMT, 1 February 2019 | Updated: 16:01 GMT, 2 February 2019
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Leading Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg said he could accept a short delay to Britain's planned departure from the European Union on March 29 on the condition Theresa May pursues his plan rather than hers for a Brexit deal.
Mr Rees-Mogg, who chairs the influential pro-Brexit European Research Group (ERG) within the Tory Party, said a short extension to the timetable could be accepted if the government struck a deal with Europe along the lines of the so-called Malthouse Compromise.
It comes after MPs effectively demanded that Mrs May renegotiate the Withdrawal Agreement after her original plan was rejected by lawmakers.