Jacob Rees-Mogg would refuse a job in the Government if it stopped him speaking out over Brexit.

Friends of the well-regarded Eurosceptic Conservative MP made clear that if he were offered a ministerial post by Theresa May, the Prime Minister, he would only accept if it allowed him to speak out on the European Union.

Mr Rees-Mogg has won plaudits for his cogent arguments for life outside the EU on a range of high profile media platforms like BBC One's Question Time programme.

Yesterday one report said Theresa May, the Prime Minister, was looking to hand him a role in Government “to test his suitability for higher office”.

