In the wake of the catastrophic defeat on her deal, Theresa May (pictured bottom inset) faces a desperate battle to avoid a civil war between Remainers and Eurosceptics in her senior team. Mrs May has said she will 'open discussions' with senior MPs from other parties as she tries to forge a Parliamentary majority on the way forward (pictured, left, the how MPs are split). Her effective deputy David Lidington has been put in charge of the charm offensive. But the premier came out fighting this afternoon as she insisted the UK will still leave the EU at the end of March, and again ruled out staying in a customs union with the bloc. Justice Secretary David Gauke appeared to contradict Mrs May this afternoon by warning it was no longer possible for the government to 'box ourselves in' with red lines such as on the customs union. And Chancellor Philip Hammond (pictured, man, middle) is said to have suggested to business leaders in a phone call last night that Article 50 would be extended and the government was entering a 'new era' in its approach. The Tory splits deepened after a Cabinet meeting yesterday where Remain-leaning ministers including Amber Rudd, Greg Clark and Mr Gauke again urged Mrs May to call 'indicative votes' in the Commons on how to go forward with Brexit. A Cabinet source told MailOnline a more hawkish group led by Jeremy Hunt, Sajid Javid (pictured right), Gavin Williamson and Andrea Leadsom gave the idea a 'good kicking'. Another said the proposal was 'heavily sat on'. Tory chairman Brandon Lewis also waded in by warning that party activists would not tolerate Mrs May making overtures to Labour MPs for a soft Brexit.

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