No 10 hits back as pro-Brexit aides threaten to quit over backstop

Theresa May at Chequers where she will spend this weekend preparing for Tuesday’s vote on the Brexit deal.Brexiters who reject Theresa May’s deal will drive the UK towards a permanent customs union with the EU, Downing Street has warned as the government tries to forestall a rash of resignations before next week’s historic vote.The prime minister will spend the weekend at her country retreat of Chequers before embarking on what some at Westminster believe could be the closing a