Theresa May's Brexit speech: Tory and Labour MPs say they will not support Prime Minister's new plan

MPs across the Brexit divide have rounded on Theresa May, insisting they will not back her new "last chance" deal.

Boris Johnson, Jacob Rees-Mogg and Dominic Raab were among the leading Tory Eurosceptics who said they would not vote for the revised deal.

They were joined by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who described the new plan as a "rehash of her old bad deal", adding: "Labour cannot support it."

Mrs May unveiled her new ten-point Brexit plan on Tuesday, insisting it was the "one last chance" to deliver the result of the 2016 referendum.

In a speech at PWC in London, she ​said MPs would get a vote on a second referendum under the Withdrawal Agreement Bill (WAB).

In a move likely which angered Brexiteers, she also said it would be left to Parliament to decide what type of customs arrangements the UK would have in the future with the EU.

However, even as she was still halfway through delivering her new blueprint, Tory MPs were announcing they would oppose the proposals which are said to have sparked an “absolute bun fight” at Cabinet this morning.

Brexiteer Boris Johnson, who has announced his intention to run for the Tory leadership, said: "We are being asked to vote for a customs union and a second referendum. The Bill is directly against our manifesto - and I will not vote for it.

"We can and must do better - and deliver what the people voted for."

Former Brexit secretary Dominic Raab added that he could not support legislation that "break our clear manifesto promises."

He wrote: "I listened carefully to the PM's speech on the govt's revised terms of Brexit. I cannot support legislation that would be the vehicle for a second referendum or Customs Union.

"Either option would frustrate rather than deliver Brexit - and break our clear manifesto promises."

Jacob Rees-Mogg also hit out at the proposals, describing them as "worse than before and would leave us bound deeply to the EU".

"It's time to leave on WTO terms," he said.

Brexiteer Simon Clarke tweeted that he would go against the plans, writing: “This speech from the PM means there is no way I will support the Withdrawal Agreement Bill.”

Former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith MP added: “There’s nothing new or bold about this bad buffet of non-Brexit options.”

Jeremy Corbyn has made clear Labour will vote against it, making it look highly unlikely that it will get through the Commons.

He criticised the new deal as "a rehash of the government's position in the cross party talks that failed to reach a compromise".

He said: "The Prime Minister's proposal tonight seems to be largely a rehash of the Government's position in the cross-party talks that failed to reach a compromise last week.

"On key elements - customs, market alignment and environmental protections - what the Prime Minister calls her new Brexit deal is effectively a repackaging of the same old bad deal, rejected three times by Parliament.

"We will, of course, look seriously at the details of the Withdrawal Agreement Bill when it is published. But we won't back a repackaged version of the same old deal - and it's clear that this weak and disintegrating Government is unable deliver on its own commitments."

SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon also said her party would vote against the deal in a bid to stop Brexit.

Several MPs who supported the deal last time have announced that they will not do so again.

Tory MP Zac Goldsmith called it a “convoluted mess” and added that the revised deal “takes us towards a rigged referendum between her deal and no Brexit is just grotesque."

He added: "The PM must go."

Conservative MP and Brexiteer Charlie Elphicke, who voted for Mrs May’s deal last time, also said he would not support her revised bill.

Describing it as “more of a dog’s breakfast that the last deal", he added: "I'm afraid that this proposal will reinforce the public's view that the establishment is hell-bent on thwarting the referendum result," he added.

Fellow European Research Group member Steve Baker echoed his sentiments in a tweet, writing: "Reaction to this speech has been extremely adverse so far among MPs and campaigners.

“Of course, I will vote against this muddled implementation of a failed deal which only adds yet more uncertainty. A truly awful situation."

Conservative MP and Brexiteer Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP also said she was "very unlikely" to vote for the deal.

"It still contains the dreaded backstop, endangering our Union and selling out the people of Northern Ireland," she said.

Meanwhile, Green Party MP Caroline Lucas, who backs a second referendum, tweeted: "PM's 'new' deal is putting lipstick on a pig - rehash of old deal with a few concessions attached. Using bait of possible #PeoplesVote to get flawed deal over line won't work.

"Democracy shouldn't come with strings attached. PV (people's vote) needs to be guaranteed now, not left to chance."

Many of Mrs May's cabinet members did not react immediately to the speech, but she later drew support for her proposal from International Development Secretary Rory Stewart and Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd.

Mr Stewart posted: ".@theresamay is right - we need to get Brexit done. The delay and uncertainty is doing real damage to businesses and consumer confidence across the country.

"Then - when we have got it over the line - we can move on and talk about the wider issues that really matter to people, while crafting the future of British foreign policy."

Mrs Rudd tweeted: "The Prime Minister is doing everything she can to ensure we leave the EU in a way that protects jobs, security and the Union. I support her and urge colleagues to back the deal. Once passed business investment and confidence will surge, building on strong national employment."

Chancellor Philip Hammond also tweeted: "Britain needs a Brexit that feels like a compromise; one that everyone can live with.

"@theresa-may's new Brexit deal is a bold proposal and one I encourage all members of the House of Commons to get behind so we can settle this question once and for all."

Trade unionists also dismissed it as a "desperate last throw of the dice".

The Prime Minister had hoped to win over Labour MPs by offering commitments on workers' rights.

Manuel Cortes, general secretary of the TSSA transport union, said there were "no real guarantees on jobs, workers' rights or future customs arrangements".

Calling for a general election, he added: "The country simply cannot go on like this. Whatever fate awaits Brexit, we clearly need a general election and a new government.

"It's high time our political class woke up to what is wilful destruction of our economy.

"May's Brexit deal must be put to a confirmatory vote - without further hurdles - so we can draw a line under this damaging Brexit saga."

Speaking in central London, Mrs May warned that a failure to reach an agreement on Brexit would lead to a "nightmare future of permanently polarised politics".

She said: “The majority of MPs say they want to deliver the result of the referendum...and I believe there is now one last chance to do that.”

She also stressed that she had “offered to give up the job I love earlier than I would like” to try to get her Brexit plan agreed.

Mrs May said the Government had offered a “compromise option” of a temporary customs union on goods, including a UK say in relevant EU trade policy and an ability to change the arrangement, so a future government could move it in its “preferred direction”.

Labour wanted a “comprehensive” customs union.

“We were not able to agree this as part of our cross-party talks – so it is right that Parliament should have the opportunity to resolve this during the passage of the Bill and decide between the government’s proposal and a compromise option,” she added.

The bill would include “at introduction” a requirement to vote on whether to hold a second referendum before the Withdrawal Agreement can be ratified.

Mrs May argued: “If MPs vote against the Second Reading of this Bill – they are voting to stop Brexit.

“If they do so, the consequences could hardly be greater.”

She suggested it could be no deal, a General Election or a second referendum.

Of a second referendum, she said: "I recognise the genuine and sincere strength of feeling across the House on this important issue.

"The Government will therefore include in the Withdrawal Agreement Bill at introduction a requirement to vote on whether to hold a second referendum and this must take place before the Withdrawal Agreement can be ratified."

She tweeted a video of her speech, saying: "Our new Brexit deal makes a ten-point offer to everyone in Parliament who wants to deliver the result of the referendum. #LetsGetThisDone."

Mrs May's speech came after another difficult Cabinet meeting on Tuesday.

The "new deal" is an attempt by the Prime Minister to win over critics across the Commons who have rejected her three previous attempts to get an agreement through.

The Withdrawal Agreement Bill (WAB) will go to the Commons in early June, with defeat likely to hasten her departure from Number 10.