Cabinet resignations and MP defections await Boris Johnson

Senior ministers plot to bring down no-deal government amid reports up to six Tory MPs are in talks with Lib Dems

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Philip Hammond and David Gauke are amonf a dozen ministers set to resign this week
(Image credit: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

A number of senior cabinet ministers are set resign if Boris Johnson becomes prime minister this week, with reports up to six Conservative MPs could defect to the Lib Dems in a bid to thwart a no-deal Brexit.

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