The 1922 Committee is meeting today to discuss ousting Theresa May

Conservative MPs are today launching a new move to oust Theresa May within weeks even if her Brexit deal has not been ratified by parliament.

Members of the party’s backbench 1922 Committee will meet this afternoon for an emergency session to discuss the prime minister’s leadership.

Last night Nigel Evans, the committee’s joint executive secretary, said that he would use the meeting to demand a date for Mrs May to go.

“The prime minister has changed the date of Brexit two times already and we have still not left the European Union,” he said. “We now know that the prime minister is not good with dates, so she will have to be given one.”

His view was backed by other members of the 18-strong executive