Even some Conservative MPs who previously voted for the negotiated Brexit deal have attacked the 鈥榥ew deal鈥� and EU sources have reportedly said it contains platitudes and restatements of previously rejected ideas, despite Mrs May having promised it would be 鈥榖old鈥� and 鈥榮erious鈥�.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn meanwhile said: 鈥淲e won鈥檛 back a repackaged version of the same old deal.鈥�

British in Europe coalition vice chair Fiona Godrey said: 鈥淚t was much ado about nothing and we are still facing a no-deal Brexit on October 31 as the default scenario.

鈥淲e urgently need a grown-up in the room but they are all AWOL.鈥�

Brexpats: Hear Our Voice founder Debbie Williams said the Prime Minister鈥檚 announcements left the group's members feeling 鈥渦nderwhelmed鈥�.

The so-called 鈥榥ew deal鈥� relates to proposed changes to the 鈥榝uture relationship鈥� part of the Brexit deal (which the UK government would have to seek to have agreed by the EU), since the main Withdrawal Agreement on citizens鈥� rights, the Northern Ireland border and the financial settlement can no longer be opened up, the EU has repeatedly said.

In a speech last night Mrs May outlined a 10-point plan for what would she proposes to pursue if MPs vote through a Withdrawal Agreement Bill (WAB) that is set to be presented to Parliament this week and to have a second reading debate in the first week of June.

Unlike the previous times that the negotiated Brexit deal has been rejected by the British MPs, this would not consist of a 鈥榤eaningful vote鈥� to approve or reject the negotiated deal itself but is rather a British bill that would be need to be passed in order for the deal鈥檚 provisions to be put into force in the UK. It may contain a clause saying a separate 鈥榤eaningful vote鈥� approving the negotiated deal is no longer required.

In a speech last night Mrs May said she had listened carefully to those who have been calling for another referendum.

She said she does not believe the UK should hold a referendum, as it should be implementing the result of the first one, however she said 鈥淚 recognise the genuine and sincere strength of feeling across the House on this important issue鈥�.

She said she would therefore include in the WAB a requirement for an MPs' vote on whether or not to hold a referendum, which must be held before the Withdrawal Agreement can be ratified.

鈥淪o to those MPs who want a second referendum to confirm the deal: you need a deal and therefore a Withdrawal Agreement Bill to make it happen.

鈥淪o let it have its Second Reading and then make your case to Parliament.鈥�

She did not specify what choices such a referendum would include.

Along with the referendum vote proposal, the 鈥榥ew deal鈥� includes matters such as promises that workers鈥� rights and environmental protections would not be worse in the UK than the EU after Brexit and that the UK will seek 鈥渁s close to frictionless trade in goods with the EU as possible鈥� and a 鈥渃ustoms compromise鈥�.