Theresa May is facing demands from her own MPs to stand down immediately after senior backbenchers told her she is now “the problem”.

A delegation of executives from the 1922 Committee of Tory backbenchers met Mrs May in Downing Street on Monday and said the mood among party supporters had turned against her over the weekend.

Mrs May sat in stony silence and refused to discuss her future as the MPs made clear the “damage” she is causing the party, sources said.

The meeting will draw comparisons with the final days of Margaret Thatcher's reign when she was visited by "the men in grey suits" and prevailed upon to resign for the good of the party.

Mrs May’s ongoing attempts to reach a Brexit deal with Jeremy Corbyn have enraged Eurosceptic MPs, who have warned her the party will not stand for any compromise with Labour that involves a future customs union with the EU.

Andrea Leadsom, the Leader of the Commons, was said to be “absolutely furious” with the Prime Minister over the prospect of a compromise with Labour in one of a series of meetings Mrs May held with Cabinet ministers.