The prime minister is facing increased calls to resign amid anger at her new plan for Brexit.

Many MPs in her own party are angry with her ‘new deal’, which she announced in a speech yesterday evening.

Changes to the Withdrawal Agreement Bill included giving MPs a vote on whether to hold a second referendum.

Critics say it could open the door to a customs union, keeping us much more closely tied to the EU than they would like.

Tim Loughton MP told the BBC he had submitted a letter of no confidence in Theresa May for the first time.

‘I’ve never put in a letter of no confidence in a leader of the Conservative Party in my 22 years here but frankly this has got to be resolved,’ he said.

‘I can see no way out of the impasse we’re in at the moment on Brexit and I’m afraid I can’t see any way out with Theresa May leading it. We need a new leader very quickly, with a new fresh approach to try and break through this impasse.’

He said he hoped the rules would change to allow a new challenge to Theresa May’s leadership.

Meanwhile, Home Secretary Sajid Javid has asked to see Prime Minister Theresa May, the political editors of the Times and the BBC reported.

Parliamentary Twitter has gone into overdrive with rumours that she might step down as early as this evening.

However, a Downing Street spokesman told Metro.co.uk there were no plans for her to make a statement tonight. ‘I don’t think so at the moment,’ she said. ‘I’ve not heard of one.

It comes after MPs piled on the pressure for her to leave.

Tory moderate Tom Tugendhat said the only chance of delivering an orderly Brexit was for May ‘to go – and without delay.’

‘She must announce her resignation after Thursday’s European elections. And the Conservative Party must fast track the leadership process to replace her,’ he wrote in the Financial Times.

In PMQs today, May received a flurry of criticism and hostile questions as she implored lawmakers to support her new bill aimed at delivering Brexit in June.

If Parliament rejected her deal, she said, ‘all we have before us is division and deadlock.’

May survived a no-confidence vote among Conservative lawmakers in December, leaving her safe from challenge for 12 months under current party rules.

She has said she will announce a timetable for her departure once Parliament has voted on her Brexit bill.

But with defeat of that bill looking highly likely, a growing number of Conservatives are pressing her to cancel the vote and quit even sooner.

Brexit-backing MP Nigel Evans said he would urge the party committee that oversees leadership contests to change the rules when it meets Wednesday so that May can face a new challenge within days.

‘There is a growing discontent with the way Theresa May has handled this,’ Evans said.

‘Let’s have somebody who has a clean sheet and will be able to reboot the (Brexit) negotiations.’

Pressure is only set to increase after the European elections, with the Tory party expected to suffer big losses at the hands of the Brexit Party. Pro-EU parties such as the Lib Dems and the Greens are also expected to take votes from the two main parties.

The election is being held Thursday in Britain, but results won’t be announced until all 28 EU countries have finished voting late on Sunday.

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