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Eurosceptic MPs have spoken to Boris Johnson in an attempt to ensure he agrees to a plan that would see Michael Gove become his deputy PM and Jacob Rees-Mogg become his Chancellor, it has

been claimed. The Foreign Secretary has reportedly told one plotter that he would be “ready” for a leadership battle. Mr Johnson also has reportedly insisted that the “cavalry is coming” to

stop plans to keep Britain in a customs union with the EU. The news has come as Boris Johnson and Michael Gove are reportedly set to next week warn pro-Remain Cabinet members against joining

a post-Brexit customs union with the EU in what is expected to be a heated Cabinet meeting. The confrontation will reportedly mark the first time senior Government members have debated the

issue. The three ministers will argue that the UK must be allowed to strike its own free trade deals after leaving the EU, it has been reported. But Phillip Hammond, Amber Rudd and Greg

Clark are understood to want to adopt a new customs union with the EU so that they can limit the loss of trade with the Brussels bloc. Theresa May earlier this week refused to rule out

signing the UK up to a customs union with the EU after Brexit. Downing Street later clarified that the Prime Minister had an “open mind” on the issue. Last month, Phillip Hammond also did

not rule out joining a new customs union with the EU when asked about the possibility of doing so by Treasury select committee chairwoman Nicky Morgan. However, International Trade Secretary

Liam Fox earlier this week stated that Britain should not be part of a customs nnion that would prevent Britain from striking free trade deals with non-EU countries. VAROUFAKIS: NOTHING

HELPED BREXIT MORE THAN LUDICROUS VIEWS He said: “It is very difficult to see how being in a customs union is compatible with having an independent trade policy, because we would therefore

be dependent on what the EU negotiated in terms of its trading policies, and we’d be following behind that. "We have to be outside of that [any Customs Union] to take advantage of those

growing markets. One of the reasons we are leaving the European Union is to take control and that’s not possible with a common external tariff.” Mr Fox is believed to have told colleagues

that he is prepared to walk out of Government is a customs union arrangement is agreed with the EU.