David Davis Quits As Brexit Secretary Over May’s Plan To Leave Eu metro.co.uk

David Davis has quit as Brexit Secretary leaving Theresa May facing a leadership crisis. Davis handed in his resignation after slamming the Government’s approach to Brexit and the Prime Minister’s plan to leave the European Union.

Just days after crucial talks where MPs agreed Britain’s exit plan, the minister handed in his notice saying May’s policies could leave the UK in a ‘weak and inescapable’ negotiating position. His resignation was warmly welcomed by hardline Tory Eurosceptics who have spoken out against May since the Cabinet agreed to a plan which would keep the UK closely tied to Brussels.

The PM faces a tense meeting with Tory MPs and peers in Parliament today as she desperately tries to keep control amid bitter in-fighting. She had hoped the Cabinet agreement secured on Friday at Chequers would help her deliver the ‘right Brexit’ for the UK, with an offer to Brussels to share a ‘common rulebook’ on goods and form a new UK-EU free trade area.