Former Brexit Secretary David Davis has described the draft agreement as "dreadful".

And he has dismissed suggestions it is too late to secure a better deal.

Mr Davis, who stood down in July in protest at Theresa May 's so-called Chequers plan for Brexit, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "It will get to a point, I'm quite sure, when it be very tense and people will be very nervous about the way negotiations go, but European negotiations are never over until they are concluded."

His full interview with Today will be broadcast at 07:30 GMT.

Former cabinet minister John Whittingdale has submitted a letter of no confidence in Mrs May to the chairman of the Conservatives' backbench 1922 Committee, according to BBC political correspondent Ross Hawkins. Forty eight letters are needed to trigger a no confidence vote.

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Cabinet minister Michael Gove is understood to be have rejected an offer from the prime minister to make him Brexit secretary, because Theresa May would not let him renegotiate the Brexit withdrawal deal.

BBC assistant political editor Norman Smith says that this may make it difficult to keep his current position as environment secretary.

“It does seem to me mildly extraordinary if he were to remain in cabinet because he has in effect rejected Mrs May’s approach, her deal, which we know is central to her government," he says.

However, Norman Smith says a more likely scenario may be that Mr Gove attempts to unite with other cabinet members to persuade Mrs May to change her strategy or otherwise consider her position.

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There might be plenty of uncertainty over the future of the draft withdrawal bill but businesses are having to push ahead with contingency plans in the event of a no deal Brexit.

Steve Murrells, chief executive of the Co-operative Group, told BBC Radio 5 Live's Wake Up to Money: "Clearly, we have the best part of 10,000 colleagues who are part of the parent ship that needs certainty around sovereignty who will be hearing warm words.

"But at the same time the deal is not done until the deal is done so we want to make sure we get certainty around those individuals."

In terms of its supplies, Mr Murrells says: "A huge amount of effort is going in to what can we do. Would we look at air freighting in? Would we look at changing of ports to bring stock into so we can keep the supply chain going as best as we can."

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The boss of engineering giant Rolls-Royce says politicians must get behind a "practical plan" for Brexit.

Warren East said time was running out, and that any deal was better than leaving the EU without an agreement.

Mr East joined other business leaders in backing the draft plan put forward by the Prime Minister on Wednesday.

"The time since the referendum seems to have gone remarkably quickly and we're essentially [still] having a discussion we could have had the morning after the referendum," he said.

"We are slightly running out of time and I would, as a business leader, like to see politicians on both sides of the fence get on and negotiate a practical deal that works for business."

The events at Westminster yesterday make the lead for nearly all of Friday's papers.

For the Daily Express, it was a day of high drama. A horror show, the Times says.

The Guardian's headline sums it up as: "Resignations, a coup and a day of hostility. But May fights on."

The Daily Telegraph headline quotes the prime minister's words: "Am I going to see this through? Yes I am."

But it believes Theresa May's premiership is hanging by a thread as her own MPs call on her to quit.

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Various Tory backbenchers, including leading Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg, have submitted letters of no confidence in Mrs May to the chairman of the Conservatives' backbench 1922 Committee. Forty eight letters are needed to trigger a confidence vote among all Tory MPs.

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Despite the backlash - as BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg put it on Thursday evening - Mrs May fights on.

"With her party in revolt, her colleagues departing - some determined to usher her out of office - we can't, and don't know yet, if Brexit can happen as planned, perhaps, if at all.

"This could be a gale that's weathered in a few days, or a serious storm that sweeps the government away.

"But while the prime minister's future is so uncertain, so is all of ours."

It's yet another big day ahead for Theresa May as she continues to sell her Brexit withdrawal deal.

We saw a number of resignations on Thursday over the agreement, including Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab and Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey. Could there be more?

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It's understood Environment Secretary Michael Gove - a leading figure in the Leave campaign during the EU referendum - is considering quitting his ministerial position.

BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg said she understood Mr Gove had rejected the PM's offer to make him Brexit secretary, because Mrs May would not let him renegotiate the deal.

It has been a rollercoaster day in UK politics.

After Wednesday - when Theresa May announced the UK and EU had struck a draft Brexit deal and published the document - Thursday has seen mainly reactions from politicians.

First of all on Thursday morning, the European Council announced there will be a special Brexit summit on 25 November to officially sign off the deal.

But then ministers started resigning. First, one junior minister quit.

Then, at 8:50 GMT, the big resignation came. Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab - the minister who was responsible for negotiating Brexit - resigned over what he has said are “fatal flaws” in the draft deal.

And then around an hour later, another senior minister resigned - Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey.

Another junior minister resigned followed by two parliamentary private secretaries, and two other aides.

Leading Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg - who wants a new PM - held a press conference where he told journalists he had called for a vote of no confidence in the prime minister. If enough Tory MPs call for this (48) in the coming days, there will be a vote on whether Mrs May should stay in her job.

Finally, at 17:00, the PM appeared at Downing Street to pledge that she would push ahead with the Brexit deal, which she said is the "right one for the country".

Tonight, the BBC's political editor Laura Kuenssberg said Environment Secretary Michael Gove is understood to be considering whether to resign. "Things are very fluid still," she said.

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Chancellor Philip Hammond reportedly spoke with business leaders on Wednesday night, asking them to back the draft Brexit deal.

The Sun claims to have seen a transcript of the call.

“It is essential we repeat and repeat again the logic of pursuing a deal rather than a no deal approach," Hammond reportedly said.

To trigger a vote of no confidence in Theresa May, 48 letters calling for such a vote need to be sent to the chairman of the 1922 Committee - which is made up of all backbench Conservative MPs in Parliament.

Mr Duddridge, who submitted his own call to committee chairman Sir Graham Brady during the Tory conference in October, tweeted.

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Foreign Office minister Sir Alan Duncan - who has known Theresa May since university days - said: "I said to her today, I don't know how you do it.

"She has shown steeliness, fortitude and an incredible sense of duty.

"It's not as if she's there standing against an alternative which is there on the shelf to be offered.

"She's standing there trying to piece together something that is almost impossible and that which no-one can do better.

"Those that don't like what she's doing have not adequately stepped forward to say this is what I would do, let alone to explain how they would do what they'd do instead."

"Nicola Sturgeon says the proposed Brexit agreement is unfair to Scotland because it gives Northern Ireland the sort of deal that she's long been arguing for.

The SNP have always said they want Scotland to stay in the single market and customs union even after the rest of the UK have left.

The prime minister has always said that is impossible. But, say the SNP, hang on - if you can have separate arrangements for Northern Ireland then why can't Scotland operate under different rules as well?

That's the case they will continue to make. It's the case that Scottish Tories have long feared. That's why they have said they will not accept any deal that undermines the integrity of the UK."