Theresa May heads to Brussels bolstered by failure of Brexiter revolt

Race is on to complete deal before EU summit on Sunday after Rees-Mogg's ERG fails to muster 48 no-confidence letters

Theresa May will meet Jean-Claude Juncker in Brussels on Wednesday to try to finalise the political declaration covering future UK-European Union relations after attempts by hard Brexiters to remove her ended in humiliation.

The prime minister meets the European commission president in the late afternoon in her strongest position since the first part of the Brexit deal was published last week after Jacob Rees-Mogg, the leader of the Tory rebels, conceded that it might take time to call a no-confidence vote.