REBEL Remainer MPs are plotting to take control of parliament to try and force a vote on a second Brexit referendum or a customs union, it has been reported.

The alliance will attempt to seize control of the Commons agenda as early as next week and will not give into Boris Johnson’s snap election demands.

3 Remainer MPs could seize control of parliament to force votes on Brexit as early as next week Credit: PRU

They used a similar tactic to force the Prime Minister to ask for a Brexit delay with the Benn act.

Several MPs told The Guardian that if the PM continues to halt work on an exit agreement with the EU until a December election is agreed they will try and take control of parliament to force a vote on Brexit legislation.

The votes could include motions on introducing a customs union and a controversial “People’s Vote”, the report says.

They aim to show decision makers in Brussels that the UK parliament will use the extension to try and break the Brexit deadlock.

On Friday, Johnson called on Corbyn to “man up” and agree to a December 12 general election to avoid a new Brexit paralysis for months.

The PM needs Labour’s support to win a two thirds majority to set a polling day date in a showdown Commons vote on Monday.

But the Opposition boss announced he will turn Boris down, creating another titanic Parliamentary stand off.

3 The Prime Minister is demanding Mr Corbyn agree to a snap election Credit: Paul Grover

3 Corbyn is wants Johnson to take No Deal off the table Credit: Rex Features

Instead, Mr Corbyn set the PM a new high bar of guarantees against No Deal first, which the Tories insisted were drawn up to be unreachable.

Mr Johnson reversed his threat for a Government strike in the Commons.

But while domestic legislation would continue as normal if the election vote is lost, the PM said a law to enact his new Brexit deal would stay on ice, potentially for weeks on end.

Speaking on a hospital visit, the PM insisted: “If they want to build on the success we had in agreeing that deal, we can bring back the Withdrawal Bill and have more debates on Brexit.

“But they have got to agree a deadline. No one will believe the Labour party are going to allow Breixt to happen unless there is the deadline of an election on December 12.”

Warning that the crippling stand off could last well into next year, a Downing Street source added: “We couldn’t hold an election in January as that would mean campaigning over Christmas, which wouldn’t be popular, so an election vote this week is the last chance.

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“If MPs don’t vote for an election this week, they are voting for not just one extension but another in January too.”

Mr Corbyn set the conditions of Labour’s support for a December 12 election very high - designed to make it almost impossible for the PM to agree.

In a fresh demand, the Labour leader called on the PM to tweak the terms of the Withdrawal Agreement Bill to make it legally impossible for Britain to drop out of the EU at the end of the transition period in December 2020 without a deal.

The PM’s current Brexit deal states that the transition period - during which Britain has to comply with all EU rules without having a say in them - can be extended by a maximum of two years.

But that can only happen if the Government decides to extend.

Mr Corbyn’s new demand would mean the UK would automatically enter an extended transition period for up to two years.

That would mean Britain would be tied to EU rules without having a say on for up to three years - until 2022.

Speaking on ITV’s This Morning Show, Mr Corbyn said: "Providing the Prime Minister comes to Parliament on Monday and makes it absolutely clear he is going to make sure that there is no crash out - because his deal includes the possibility of a no-deal exit.

"He's going to have to do that because that's how Parliament works: we've got to hold him to account. I think a no-deal exit is very dangerous. If he comes on Monday and says that, OK."