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Theresa May will face a Cabinet split over a customs deal with the EU when she meets senior ministers on Tuesday ahead of a key Commons vote next month that could determine her future as leader. Eurosceptic Cabinet ministers including David Davis, Liam Fox, Michael Gove and Boris Johnson are expected to warn the Prime Minister that she must abandon plans for a customs partnership amid fears it could pave the way for a significant climbdown over Brexit. However Philip Hammond, the Chancellor, and other leading pro-European Cabinet ministers will argue that it is "premature" to abandon any of the Government's proposals for a customs deal with the EU at a time when negotiations with Brussels have stalled. "We shouldn't cut off our nose to spite our face," a Whitehall source said.
It came as Downing Street refused to rule out making a crunch vote on the Customs Union in Parliament next month an effective vote of confidence in the Prime Minister and her Government.
Pro-European Tory MPs have put their names to an amendment that would force the Government to strike a divorce deal with the EU that enables the UK to stay in a Customs Union - something the Prime Minister has explicitly ruled out.
The Prime Minister would face serious questions about whether she would remain in post if she lost such a vote, which could leave Britain unable to strike free trade deals after leaving the EU.
Mr Johnson, the Foreign Secretary, has declined to say whether he would quit if Parliament forced the Prime Minister to stay in the Customs Union. Defeat in a vote on a cross-party Trade Bill amendment would force Theresa May to radically overhaul her Brexit Ministers are expected to debate Britain's options for a Customs Union at a meeting of the Cabinet's Brexit sub-committee on Wednesday. The Prime Minister set out two options last month for a deal with the EU. The first, a "customs partnership", would see Britain collect duties for Brussels for goods arriving in the UK but intended for EU markets. Eurosceptics fear that this option is "unworkable" and will see Britain end up staying in the Customs Union, despite the Prime Minister's pledge to leave it.