UK MPs in bid to break Brexit deadlock

Members of Parliament are preparing to vote for other preferred Brexit option with the prime minister due to meet Tory backbenches in an effort to win them over to her deal.

Some have suggested Theresa May must name the date she will step down to have any hope of winning members of parliament approval for her deal at the third attempt.

Leading Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg has limited he may soon back the plan.

Having voted to seize control of commons business, backbench members of parliament will vote on Brexit alternatives later.

The speaker will select around half a dozen options likely to range from cancelling Brexit to leaving the EU without a deal.

Members of parliament are marking on paper, each option with a yes or no.