LIVE: Theresa May grilled on her Brexit plans as Michael Gove considers quitting government

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LIVE: Theresa May grilled on her Brexit plans as Michael Gove considers quitting government

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This is Business Insider's politics live-blog charting the latest developments as Theresa May's Brexit deal continues to dominate Westminster. Refresh the page for updates.

LONDON -Theresa May faces another bruising day with the possibility of further Cabinet resignations and letters of no confidence from her own Conservative MPs over her Brexit deal with the European Union.

The prime minister had perhaps the most challenging day of her premiership on Thursday, suffering several resignations, including those of Dominic Raab as Brexit Secretary and Esther McVey as Work & Pensions Secretary.

Leading Brexiteers Jacob Rees-Mogg and Steve Baker plus several other pro-Leave Conservative MPs submitted letters of no confidence in the prime minister. If the number of letters reaches 48, there'll be a no-confidence vote.

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They refused to advocate the agreement negotiated between May and the EU, which will keep the UK in a customs union with the EU for years after Brexit, and potentially create checks between Northern Ireland and Great Britain.

The chaos is set to continue on Friday with Michael Gove and Penny Mordaunt rumoured to be considering their Cabinet positions and more no confidence letters set to be sent to Conservative grandee, Sir Graham Brady.

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