Theresa May's cabinet is at war over No Deal after Phillip Hammond said Brexiteer Tories have 'no mandate' for No Deal.
Andrea Leadsom has hit back at the Chancellor by saying that Britain must leave the EU on October 31 at all costs.
Today the Prime Minister will present her 'bold' new deal to her cabinet, which is packed with Brexiteers and remainers plotting to replace her.
Tonight Mr Hammond will use a keynote speech to blast Tory leadership candidates including Boris Johnson, saying those advocating No Deal are 'hijacking the result of the referendum'.
But Ms Leadsom hit back today: 'I would like us to have a deal but if we get to the end of October and it's not possible to get a deal, leaving the EU is the most important thing'.
Andrea Leadsom has hit back at the Chancellor Philip Hammond by saying that Britain must leave the EU on October 31 whatever happens
Theresa May faces her warring cabinet today and will have to convince them to back her Brexit plan
The weekly meeting of the Cabinet today is expected to sign off on a package of measures to be included in the forthcoming Withdrawal Agreement Bill (WAB) aimed at winning cross-party support.
Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay has said that the Government must now 'prepare for No Deal' if MPs throw out Mrs May's deal for a fourth time.
Mr Barclay has the backing of new Defence Secretary Penny Mordaunt and Leader of the House of Commons Ms Leadsom, who said today that a customs union demanded by Labour would not be acceptable to her.
Speaking today she said she would back the Withdrawal Agreement Bill but warned against watering it down and stressed the need to be prepared for a no-deal Brexit.
She said she would only support the Bill 'so long as it continues to be leaving the European Union' - something she defined as being outside the single market and the customs union.
Ahead of Cabinet discussions on the Bill she told BBC Radio 4's Today: 'I continue to support the Prime Minister to get her Withdrawal Agreement Bill through. It is leaving the European Union and so long as it continues to be leaving the European Union, I continue to support it.
'What I do think is that for any negotiation to succeed, you have to be prepared to walk away.'
The cabinet is split over the issue, and Theresa May's chief of staff Gavin Barwell has reportedly claimed that No Deal would lead to a border poll on the reunification of Ireland, breaking up the UK.
Rory Stewart, the new international development secretary, said No Deal must come off 'off the table' for god and so should a second referendum.
Esther McVey's fellow candidates Boris Johnson, Dominic Raab, Andrea Leadsom and Liz Truss are also expected to confirm they are serious about the option of No Deal if the EU refuses to budge
In a speech to the CBI tonight, the Chancellor will round on those who claim leaving without a deal is the only ‘legitimate Brexit’.
Fellow Cabinet minister Amber Rudd warned yesterday against the party lurching towards 'extremist forces' to combat the rise of the Brexit Party
He will say: ‘On the populist Right, there are those who claim the only outcome that counts as a truly legitimate Brexit is to leave with No Deal.
‘Let me remind them – the 2016 Leave campaign was clear that we would leave with a deal.
‘So to advocate for No Deal is to hijack the result of the referendum, and in doing so, knowingly to inflict damage on our economy and living standards, because all the preparation in the world will not avoid the consequences of No Deal.’
He will warn that if MPs do not pass a deal soon, there is a ‘real risk’ of the next PM ‘abandoning the search for a deal, and shifting towards seeking a damaging No Deal exit as a matter of policy’.
Fellow Cabinet minister Amber Rudd warned yesterday against the party lurching towards ‘extremist forces’ to combat the rise of the Brexit Party. She also took a thinly-veiled swipe at Mr Johnson and others countenancing a No Deal Brexit, saying: ‘We must... take on the falsehoods that are presented as simple choices.’
Miss Rudd was speaking ahead of the launch of the One Nation Caucus group of Tory MPs, which opposes candidates who back No Deal. Sir Nicholas Soames, another founder of the 60-strong group, said Tories must resist demands from the party's 'lunatic fringe'.
During a Cabinet meeting today, ministers will debate whether to allow Labour's demand for the UK to continue to accept new EU laws on workers' rights and environmental standards after Brexit.
Theresa May is expected to warn ministers they may have to agree to a temporary customs union, which would hamper Britain's ability to strike trade deals with non-EU countries, to secure enough Labour votes to pass the Withdrawal Agreement Bill next month.
Allies of the PM fear the potential concessions are so significant that Leave ministers such as Liam Fox could walk out in protest if they are approved.
The Tories and Labour would be rewarded by voters if Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn agreed a deal to stay in the customs union, it was claimed last night.
A poll found the parties would get more seats in the European Parliament elections on Thursday if they came to an agreement on Brexit.
The projection by Electoral Calculus, using a ComRes survey of 4,161 people, found that Nigel Farage's Brexit Party is expected to get 28 MEPs, Labour 20, the Liberal Democrats 11, the Tories six, and the Greens one. But if Mrs May and Mr Corbyn did a deal that included staying in the customs union until 2022, the Tories would get ten seats and Labour 22.
Pro-Remain activist Gina Miller, who
