Theresa May and one of the four Cabinet ministers - Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd (Image: GETTY)
They told the Prime Minister she must promise to delay Brexit if no deal is agreed upon before the March 29 deadline, or or they will join Tory rebels in the vote next week. Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd, Justice Secretary David Gauke, Business Secretary Greg Clark and Scotland Secretary David Mundell confronted the Mrs May at a meeting on Monday. The new meaningful vote is due to be held on February 26, after Mrs May returns from her Brussels negotiations.
The ministers insisted that if Mrs May refuses their demand, they will back Labour MP Yvette Cooper and Tory grandee Sir Oliver Letwin’s plan for Parliament to seize control of the Brexit process.
One Tory minister told The Sun: “The Prime Minister has a choice, and that was made clear to her.
“Either take no deal off the table by extending Article 50 or she will have to sack the lot of us, and still be defeated.”
New of the ultimatum came as it emerged the Prime Minister has given up on sealing a new deal in time for the Commons vote.
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Prime Minister Theresa May and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker (Image: GETTY)
She returned to the EU to try and secure
