Brexit deal: Theresa May defends EU agreement in press conference after flurry of cabinet resignations
MPs react to May's statement and ministerial resignations
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Your support makes all the difference.Theresa May has been forced to defend her Brexit plan to MPs just moments after cabinet ministers Dominic Raab and Esther McVey dealt her authority a major blow by resigning from the government.
The prime minister secured the uneasy support of her cabinet for the draft deal with Brussels after a stormy five-hour meeting on Wednesday night.
Ms May also faces the growing prospect of a vote of no confidence in her leadership of the Conservative Party, as MPs, including Jacob Rees-Mogg, began publishing their letters sent to the party's 1922 committee - calling for the PM to step down.
See below for updates as they happened
May looks utterly defeated in the Commons as she continues to bat off hostile questions from all sides of the House on her Brexit agreement. Labour MPs offering "sympathy" and saying they "feel sorry for her". Probably a more friendly reception than her own side.
New: Theresa May's spokesman has just told a briefing of journalists that she will fight any vote of confidence against her - after a threat in the chamber from one Tory MP.
It comes as the European Research Group is due to meet in around 30 minutes - it is the highly influential group of Conservative backbenchers, led by Jacob Rees-Mogg, who just made the threat in the Commons.
This is not confirmed by Downing Street, but this would obviously be an interesting development.
Dominic Raab, who resigned as Brexit secretary this morning, has just given an interview to the BBC. He says the deal is "damaging for the economy but devastating for public trust".
David Mundell - the Scottish secretary - has also been on the airwaves. In a highly-critical interview he hits out at Dominic Raab, who resigned as Brexit secretary, saying: "I'm not taking lessons on standing up for our United Kingdom from carbetbaggers".
Minister resignation watch: Ranil Jayawardena, a ministerial aide at the Ministry of Justice, has resigned from his post, telling the prime minister in his letter: "This is not taking back control." He is now the fifth person to walk out of the government.
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