Embattled Theresa May savaged over Brexit deal at what could be her final PMQs – as her own MPs warn she’ll ‘lose MILLIONS of votes’

THERESA May was today savaged by her own MPs as she tried to sell her Brexit deal to the House of Commons

Speaking in what could be her last ever session of Prime Minister's Questions, the PM vowed that the deal will deliver on the will of the British people.

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But Brexiteers turned on her in a fiery encounter - warning Tory voters won't forgive Mrs May if she betrays the referendum result.

Peter Bone told her: "You are not delivering the Brexit people voted for and today you will lose the support of many Conservative MPs and millions of voters across the country."

The PM replied: "What we have been negotiating is a deal that does deliver on the vote of the British people."

Opening the Commons session, Mrs May said: "The Cabinet will meet this afternoon to consider the draft agreement the negotiating teams have reached in Brussels. The Cabinet will decide on the next steps in the national interest.

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"I am confident that this takes us significantly closer to delivering what the British people voted for in the referendum.

"We will take back control of our borders, our laws and our money, leave the Common Fisheries Policy and the Common Agricultural Policy while protecting jobs, security and the integrity of our United Kingdom."

She insisted the controversial "Irish backstop" will not keep Britain tied to the customs union for ever, saying: "We don't want to be in a position where the European Union would find it comfortable to keep the UK in the backstop permanently."

The PM is worried that pro-Brexit ministers could end up quitting in protest at the deal she has thrashed out with Brussels.

If she does suffer a mass Cabinet walkout, Mrs May could even be forced to resign herself.

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In the Commons the PM was assailed from all sides as Jeremy Corbyn and Tory backbenchers lined up to attack her deal.

The Labour boss claimed the agreement would be a "halfway house" leaving Britain half in and half out of the EU.

He added: "After two years of bungled negotiations, from what we know of the Government's deal it's a failure in its own terms.

"It doesn't deliver a Brexit for the whole country - it breaches the Prime Minister's own red lines, it doesn't deliver a strong economic deal that supports jobs and industry, and we know they haven't prepared seriously for No Deal."

Mrs May replied: "Time and time again he has stood up in this House and complained and said that the Government isn't making progress, that the Government isn't anywhere close to a deal.

"Now when we're making progress and close to a deal he's complaining about that.

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"I think what that clearly shows is that he and the Labour party have only one intention - that is to frustrate Brexit and betray the vote of the British people."

Veteran Tory Remainer Ken Clarke also weighed in, demanding that Mrs May make a fresh statement to the Commons as soon as the text of the deal is published.

The PM will spend this afternoon persuading ministers to unite behind the Brexit deal - or risk an economically damaging No Deal with a possible second referendum.

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