May to plead with Labour MPs to back her deal at private meeting
Theresa May has invited all Labour MPs to a private Brexit briefing as she begs them to back her deal.
The Prime Minister will ramp up her two-week campaign to save her deal and her career with the behind-closed-doors session at 8pm.
A note sent to Labour MPs has said it will be held by her Cabinet deputy, David Lidington, and chief of staff Gavin Barwell.
A Labour source said many MPs were expected to turn up.
Remain-backing MP Wes Streeting tweeted: Hope this is as good as the last briefing when Boris Johnson resigned. You can’t buy that kind of entertainment.
Shadow minister Andrew Gwynne joked: Do we get knighthoods for attending? Tory MP John Hayes was handed a knighthood last week but is vowing to vote down the deal anyway.
Jeremy Corbyn is not expected to...