Pro-Brexit government aides have told Theresa May they are planning a series of resignations on Tuesday unless there are major changes to her deal, the Guardian has learned. Mike Wood, the parliamentary private secretary (PPS) to the trade secretary, Liam Fox, said he would quit his post and join leave-supporting backbenchers unless changes were made to the backstop.The MP for Dudley South was one of more than a dozen elected ministerial aides who met the prime minister last week to express their concerns about the EU withdrawal deal.The development is a fresh blow to May’s hopes of minimising the margin of defeat in Tuesday’s parliamentary vote on the deal, with the chief whip, Julian Smith, relying on the “payroll vote” of more than 100 MPs to support the government.Speaking on Friday, Wood said he had told May he would have to resign unless there were significant changes to the backstop. It is understood that other junior ministers have made similar representations.(theguardian)…[+]