May's Brexit plan rejected by chief negotiator David Davis as unworkable

Businesses meanwhile are stepping up their demands on May to make a deal with the bloc that protects their interests

UK Prime Minister Theresa May is fighting to win Cabinet backing for her Brexit plan as a compromise proposal that aimed to unite warring ministers was rejected by her chief negotiator.

Brexit Secretary David Davis has written to May to tell her that her new idea for how customs should operate after the divorce is unworkable, according to a person familiar with the situation, confirming an earlier report in the Telegraph.

His move comes just two days before May gathers her ministers together to try to force an agreement on the kind of trade relationship the UK will seek from