Two of the men who were in charge of Brexit but quit over Theresa May's proposed deal are among those who have launched their own alternative plan today.

Former Brexit secretaries David Davis and Dominic Raab are among those backing the so-called 'A Better Deal', a pamphlet setting out proposals for an alternative EU Withdrawal Agreement.

The paper retains many elements of Mrs May's package but removes what the authors call as 'poison pills' which prevented her securing cross-party support.

DUP leader Arlene Foster, Conservative MP Shailesh Vara and David Davis, former Brexit Secretary today launched an alternative Brexit plan to that put forward by Theresa May

Backers of the new approach said that Parliament had effectively rejected the PM's deal by making it impossible for her to get it through the Commons.

Launching the paper, former Brexit secretary Dominic Raab said: 'There are modest and reasonable changes that could help salvage the proposed deal with the EU.

'The UK needs a unilateral exit mechanism from the backstop, but we can give the Irish Government assurances that we would put in place specific measures to guarantee no return to a hard border.

'This proposal can help deliver this and allay fears that the UK would be stuck indefinitely in an undemocratic regime of laws we have no control over and can't exit.'

The alternative plan is backed by another former Brexit Secretary, Dominic Raab, who is among the favourites to replace Mrs May if she is toppled tonight

Mr Raab, who sensationally resigned last month saying Mrs May's deal is not good enough, is currently the favourite to replace her as PM if she loses a confidence vote this evening.

The document, drawn up by a former adviser to Liam Fox, Shanker Singham, customs expert Hans Maessen and lawyer Robert MacLean, proposes: