RAYLEIGH and Wickford MP Mark Francois has submitted a letter of no confidence, questioning the Prime Minister's ability to lead and deliver Brexit.

Mr Francois sent the letter to the 1922 Committee this morning, with 48 letters needed to trigger a leadership challenge.

The move comes a day after the House of Commons descended into chaos, with multiple resignations and a number of letters of no confidence submitted, as Theresa May's latest Brexit plan was scrutinised.

The scathing three page letter slams the PM, and her Brexit plan.

It read: “The Prime Minister has been surrounded throughout this process by a Pretorian Guard of highly pro-European senior civil servants who, I believe, have never accepted the result of the referendum.

“Instead they have helped to steer the negotiations in such a way that means, quite simply, we will not in fact leave the European Union but effectively remain within it.

"This is a betrayal of the decision of 17.4million British people and the clear instruction that was given to all MPs by them in the referendum.

"Now that the details of the deal are available we can see how truly awful it is.”