Theresa May was bounced into allowing MPs to vote on a no-deal Brexit

Theresa May criticised cabinet members over breaches of collective responsibility after leading Remainers in her government threatened to quit over the prospect of a no-deal Brexit.

Amber Rudd, David Gauke and Greg Clark bounced Mrs May into setting out a plan to delay the departure after a joint article at the weekend in which they said they would resign unless she promised to find a way of avoiding no deal if her withdrawal plan is defeated.

The work and pensions secretary, the justice secretary and the business secretary insist they have not breached collective cabinet responsibility since government policy is to leave the EU with a plan.

In one of the most rancorous cabinet meetings of recent times Mrs May yesterday reluctantly and in a