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BBC Radio 5 Live listeners have been texting 85058 with their reaction to today's developments:

Alan said: "I’m with Mr Raab – we need to get out now and then start talking terms. I want to see the European negotiators do the panicking for a change."

Chris said: "It’s about time someone from the Leave side took some responsibility for the shambles we are in and stepped up to the plate, they ran away following the referendum and haven’t contributed anything since."

And another texter said: "Well done Theresa May for actually getting an outline agreement with the EU. Keep up the good work, thanks for being one of the few people in parliament who’s actually doing her job."

Rumours have been rife that the two Brexiteer ministers will also resign...

Victoria Derbyshire

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We'll be bringing you full coverage of Theresa May's statement as well as news happening outside the Commons chamber.

Just before Mrs May got to her feet, there was a supportive message from prisons minister Rory Stewart, who said those who had resigned from government in protest at the prime minister's proposed agreement with the EU were "missing the basic point".

Speaking to the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme, Mr Stewart said the prime minister had made "a huge amount of progress" in negotiations and he believed "this is a good deal for the country".

"This is a sensible practicable compromise...people need to try and calm down."

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Theresa May has arrived in the Commons to make her statement to MPs on the draft Brexit withdrawal agreement.

Suella Braverman, a junior minister at the Department for Exiting the EU, has resigned.

Listen to BBC Radio 4's profile on Esther McVey - broadcast last month.

With three resignations before she has even given her statement to parliament, it has already been a tough day for the PM.

Dear Prime Minister,

There is no more important task for this government than delivering on the United Kingdom's decision to leave the European Union. This is a matter of trust. It is about the future of our country and the integrity of our democracy.

The deal you put before the cabinet yesterday does not honour the result of the referendum. Indeed, it doesn't meet the tests you set from the outset of your premiership.

Repeatedly you have said that we must regain control of our money, our borders and our laws and develop our own independent trade policy. I have always supported you to deliver on those objectives.

Even after Chequers when you knew I shared the concerns of a very significant number of colleagues, I believed that we could still work collectively to honour the will of the British people and secure the right outcome for the future of our country. This deal fails to do this.

The proposals put before cabinet, which will soon be judged by the entire country, means handing over around £39bn to the EU without anything in return. It will trap us in a customs union, despite you specifically promising the British people we would not be.

It will bind the hands of not only this, but future governments in pursuing genuine free trade policies. We wouldn't be taking back control, we would be handing over control to the EU and even to a third country for arbitration.

It also threatens the integrity of the United Kingdom, which as a Unionist is a risk I cannot be party to.

The British people have always been ahead of politicians on this issue, and it will be no good trying to pretend to them that this deal honours the result of the referendum when it is obvious to everyone it doesn't.

We have gone from no deal is better than a bad deal, to any deal is better than no deal.

I cannot defend this, and I cannot vote for this deal. I could not look my constituents in the eye were I to do that. I therefore have no alternative but to resign from the government.

It has been a huge honour to serve as Secretary of State for Work & Pensions, and I am immensely proud of the part I have played in the record levels of employment we have seen in all parts of the UK.

Youth unemployment has halved since 2010, and we now have record number of women and BAME in work and since 2013, 973,000 more disabled people in work.

With employment over 3.3 million more than in 2010 we have helped 1,000 more people into work each and every day since we took office.

I am extremely grateful to you for appointing me to the role, and for the support you have given to me, not least in the run up to the budget, ensuring Universal Credit got a much needed injection of £4.5bn. That has made my decision a greater wrench.

However, in politics you have to be true to the public and also true to yourself. Had I stayed in the government and supported this deal with the EU I wouldn't be doing that.

Yours sincerely,

Esther McVey

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Esther McVey has just quit as the work and pensions secretary, saying the draft agreement "does not honour the referendum." But who is the former minister?

The 51-year-old from Liverpool studied law at university and played for Lancashire Ladies volleyball team.

She was a presenter on GMTV and worked in children's television before becoming an MP in 2010.

She lost her seat in the 2015 election, but was brought back in 2017, winning George Osborne's former seat of Tatton.

She has held a number of roles, including minister for disabled people and deputy chief whip, but was promoted to the DWP in January 2018.

Victoria Derbyshire

Conservative MP Anne Marie Morris says she hopes to trigger a vote of no confidence in Theresa May as leader of the Conservative Party.

Speaking to the BBC Victoria Derbyshire programme, Ms Morris said she had submitted a letter of no confidence in Mrs May to the head of the group that represents Conservative MPs, and believed enough letters had been sent to trigger a vote.

However, she did not believe there were enough votes in parliament to bring down the government, as "every Conservative will vote against" if a vote of no confidence was put to MPs.

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