Mark Spencer, standing in for Andrea Leadsom who resigned last night, told parliament this morning that the government had not been able to bring in the legislation

Theresa May has abandoned her plans to force MPs to vote on her “new Brexit deal” in the latest sign that she is preparing to quit Downing Street.

Tory MPs were told yesterday that the Withdrawal Agreement Bill would be put to a Commons vote on June 7.

That plan was abandoned today, however, following a mutiny within Mrs May’s cabinet over her offer to facilitate a second referendum in a last-ditch bid to win cross-party support.

Theresa May leaving Downing Street yesterday for prime minister’s questions, where she accused MPs of indecision TIMES PHOTOGRAPHER JACK HILL

Andrea Leadsom quit as leader of the House last night rather than press ahead with the introduction of the Bill she said included elements that were “not Brexit”.

Her stand-in, Mark Spencer, admitted that the government had not been able to bring in the legislation, although he claimed