Theresa May could face at least 12 further resignations from the Government over her Brexit plans, analysis of her junior team reveals.
HuffPost UK has profiled the Tory MPs who serve as Parliamentary Private Secretaries – an unpaid role which sees them act as aides to ministers - to see which ones backed Brexit.
It is this rank of the Government where the bulk of resignations over May’s Chequers Agreement have come – with North Cornwall MP Scott Mann quitting his role as a Treasury PPS on Monday morning.
Mann joins Conor Burns, Chris Green, and Robert Courts in resigning as PPS’s, helping to maintain a steady uncomfortable background noise of disquiet buzzing in the ear of the Prime Minister.
The true number of those preparing to quit could be higher, as some Remain-backing MPs are also unhappy with May’s proposed deal.
Here are the other Brexiteer PPS who could still quit over Theresa May’s plans.
Kwasi Kwarteng
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Kwasi Kwarteng - PPS to Chancellor Philip Hammond
Tom Pursglove
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Tom Pursglove - PPS to Home Secretary Sajid Javid
Will Quince
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Will Quince - PPS to Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson
Anne-Marie Trevelyan
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Anne-Marie Trevelyan, PPS to the Defence Ministerial Team
Jack Lopresti
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Jack Lopresti - PPS to the Defence Ministerial Team
David Warburton
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David Warburton – PPS to the Education ministerial team
Mike Wood
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Mike Wood – PPS to the International Trade ministerial team
Ranil Jayawardena
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Ranil Jayawardena – PPS to the Work and Pensions ministerial team
Glyn Davies
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Glyn Davies - PPS to Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns
Chris Davies
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Chris Davies - PPS to the Wales Office ministerial team
Michael Tomlinson
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Michael Tomlinson – PPS to International Development Secretary Penny Mordaunt
Craig Tracey
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Craig Tracey - PPS to the International Development ministerial team
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