Theresa May plans to make a speech outlining the government’s Brexit policy in the February parliamentary recess after holding three meetings of her Brexit war cabinet to thrash out a compromise between warring ministers.

Documents seen by The Sunday Times show May has told ministers they will have to agree how the trade talks with the EU should unfold, what a future economic and security partnership will look like and the nature of the rules to create a “level playing field” with Brussels when they meet this week.

In meetings held before Christmas sources say ministers backed four different outcomes of the Brexit negotiations:

● Boris Johnson, Michael Gove and Liam Fox supported an “opt-in approach” that would see Britain fight for a deal where,