New photo Michael Gove 'refused May's offer to be Brexit Secretary unless he can renegotiate the deal'

Michael Gove has reportedly turned down the job of Brexit Secretary - refusing the post unless he can go back and renegotiate with Brussels.

The leading Brexiteer is said to have been offered the post by Theresa May after Dominic Raab's dramatic resignation this morning.

But Mr Gove - one of the leading faces of the Vote Leave campaign - is said to have snubbed the offer.

He reportedly told Mrs May that he would only agree to take up the post and become the third Brexit Secretary within six months if he could take her deal back to the EU for ore negotiations. 

The PM is now in a scramble to find another minister she trusts enough to fill the crucial post. 

It came in a day of high political drama in Westminster as Mrs May is fighting for her political life today after Brexiteers effectively declared war - with Cabinet ministers quitting and an all-out bid to oust her.

Michael Gove has reportedly turned down the job of Brexit Secretary - refusing the post unless he can go back and renegotiate with Brussels

The Prime Minister is braced for a Tory no-confidence vote to be triggered after she vowed to push on with her controversial Brexit plan despite Mr Raab and Esther McVey quitting accusing her of bowing to EU 'blackmail'.

Other junior ministers have also resigned as the situation threatens to spiral out of control, with the Pound plunging as markets take fright at the chances of a Brexit deal recedin

Mrs May dodged questions about Mr Gove and if she is struggling to fill her empty Cabinet posts when she appeared at a press conference in central London tonight.

She said: ‘I have had quit a busy day today – three hours in the House of Commons.

‘Michael has been doing an excellent job at Dera, and particularly in his defence of the fishing industry.’

She said the UK will be an ‘independent coastal state’ after Brexit.

The PM added: ‘I haven’t appointed a new DExEU Secretary yet. I will of course be making appointments to the Government in due course.’ 

In devastating exchanges in the Commons this morning after the bombshells dropped, the premier was mauled by MPs from all sides over her 'dogs dinner' package.

And Tory Eurosceptic Jacob Rees-Mogg signalled an all-out assault by demanding she tell him why he should not write to the powerful Tory 1922 committee urging a no-confidence vote.

A defiant Mrs May (pictured in Downing Street today) told MPs that she would carry on in the 'national interest', despite admitting the compromises involved were not 'comfortable'

Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab dropped the bombshell news on the morning after the PM forced the terms of her proposed plan through Cabinet in a stormy five-hour meeting

At a meeting of the powerful Conservative ERG block this afternoon also attended by Boris Johnson, Mr Rees-Mogg confirmed that he had put in his letter, saying Mrs May had 'failed to meet her promises' and it was 'too late' for her to turn it around.

And at a press conference afterwards he denying mounting a 'coup' but said: 'This is not Brexit. This is a failure of government policy.'

The hardline Brexiteer ruled out running in any leadership contest - picking out Boris Johnson, Mr Raab, David Davis and Penny Mordaunt as contenders.

MailOnline has learned government whips are now canvassing MPs on which way they will vote - suggesting they believe the trigger threshold of 48 letters has been reached. 

Downing Street insisted she will fight if a challenge is held. If she does not secure backing from a majority of MPs a full leadership contest would be triggered. 

 

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