(15.12.2018) Ms Rudd is one of five ministers, alongside Philip Hammond, David Lidington, David Gauke and Greg Clark, who are said to be urging Ms May to hold a series of “indicative votes” on the various Brexit outcomes, including the possibility of another referendum, to find a plan that could command a Commons majority.

Her article is the first time a cabinet minister has publicly urged the prime minister to change tack.