The influential 1922 Committee’s executive are believed to be about to demand Mrs May's resignation with a May 22 departure date and leadership campaigns and an election to unfold over the summer. The meeting in London takes place against a growing sense of anger over Mrs May's handling of the Brexit crisis with some hardliners brandinger her a "traitor" and others describing her latest plea for an Article 50 extension as "humiliating"
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The UK faces another year of limbo with European Union leaders poised to reject Mrs May’s plea for a new June 30 deadline and insisting instead on a 12-month extension.
European Council president Donald Tusk warned "neither side should be allowed to feel humiliated at any stage in this difficult process". And in an appeal before tonight’s critical summit, he urged EU leaders to treat Britain with respect or risk poisoning future relations.
Mr Tusk warned French President Emmanuel Macron’s proposal to demand “good behaviour” review clauses on any extension agreement would create “constantly shifting” no deal cliff edges and continued uncertainty for European businesses and citizens.
Instead, he called for a "flexible extension" lasting "as long as necessary and no longer than one year".
The unanimous agreement of all 27 remaining EU states is needed to avoid a no deal Brexit on at 11pm on Friday.
Mrs May will face the Commons for Prime Minister's Questions at noon today before heading for Brussels where she is expected to meet Mr Tusk ahead of the summit.
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12.22pm: May tells PMQs “orderly Brexit best for Britain”
Theresa May has insisted leaving the EU in an "orderly way" will be the best Brexit for the UK.
Conservative MP Craig Tracey (North Warwickshire) urged the Prime Minister to consider leaving with no deal in order to respect their party's manifesto commitments to leave the customs union and single market.
He said: "Do you agree with me that if the best way to do that, rather than deliver the diluted deal which is unrecognisable to many of us who voted to leave, is to go under WTO rules, then we should grab that opportunity and believe in the ability of the British people and the Conservative government to make a success of it?"
Mrs May replied: "Can I agree with you that I believe a Conservative government will make a success of whatever the situation is in relation to Brexit.
"But I still believe actually the best Brexit for the UK is for us to be able to leave in an orderly way to be able to leave with a deal."
Mrs May added there are some MPs who do not want to "honour the result of the referendum", adding: "I do."
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12.20am update: Prodi says Brexit “has awakened pro-EU sentiment
Former Italian prime minister Romano Prodi said Brexit and Donald Trump’s attitude towards Europe had triggered an "awakening of the European sentiment” and made "Europeans understand that it is increasingly necessary to stay united."
Speaking at a conference in Rome, Mr Prodi said: “Europe has become increasingly necessary because two giants, USA and China, continue to grow.”
"We absolutely need to move forward with the European project.
"The awakening of European sentiment today has happened because of two negative facts.
“The first one is Brexit, such a tragedy, with such an inability to manage that no one will want to leave the EU in the future. And the change of the United States towards Europe because Trump considers us a competitor and opponent.”
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12.12pm update: Polls finds more than half want Brexit deal referendum
More than half of the public would like the Government's final Brexit deal to be put to a referendum, according to a new poll.
The Kantar poll found 51 percent of Britons would like a referendum to be held on the deal once negotiations between the Government and the EU have come to an end.
One in three - 32 percent - would not like a public referendum to be held, and the remaining 17 percent do not know.
Support for a referendum on the deal includes 35% of people who voted Leave in the 2016 referendum and 67 percent of people who voted Remain.
The poll also put Labour three points ahead of the Conservative Party on voting intention.
Some 35 percent of the public would vote for Labour, the poll found, while 32 percent would vote Conservative.
The poll shows a nine-point drop in support for the Conservative Party compared to the same poll last month, and a four-point gain for Labour.
The Liberal Democrats polled at 11 percent, UKIP at 7 percent, the SNP at 5 percent, the Green Party at 4 percent and Plaid Cymru at 1 percent.
11.31am update: Spanish minister claims younger voters could “tip balance” in People’s Vote
Spanish foreign minister Josep Borrell has claimed a demographic shift in Britain three years after the Brexit vote could tip the scales in favour of Remain in a second referendum.
The 2016 EU referendum saw 52 percent vote Leave but Brexit deadlock has raised the spectre of a second ballot.
Spain is home to nearly 300,000 British expats, many of whom are pensioners living in coastal regions, while the country’s economy depends heavily on tourism with Britons being the most numerous foreign visitors.
Mr Borrell admitted another referendum did not guarantee a different outcome but said a rise in the number of eligible young voters, who tended to vote remain, and a fall in the number of older voters, more likely to choose Brexit, could tip the balance.
He told Telecinco TV: "It's true that, with young people in favour of remaining and older people leaving, just through the passing of these three years, with the demographic
