Lots of people thought Theresa May was back to work but she's actually still on holiday
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Theresa May is still enjoying her summer break despite widespread reports she was getting back to work today.
It's understood the Prime Minister is expected back in 10 Downing Street this Thursday.
By the time she returns it'll be three weeks and three days in total since she set off for her first of two summer holidays.
She returned from a five-day break in northern Italy for an official event marking the centenary of the outbreak of the Battle of Passchendaele on July 31.
She then set off again for a two-week holiday walking with her husband Philip in the Swiss Alps.
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Multiple previous reports had said Mrs May would be back to work on Monday 14 August.
But it appears August 14 was confused with the "week of" August 14 in a to-and-fro between reporters and Downing Street last month.
The Tory leader will be plunged into the deep end when she does return as the government attempts to show its hand on Brexit .
At least two 'position papers' spelling out the government's view on thorny issues of customs and the Northern Ireland border will be published this week.
Only one - the Northern Ireland paper - will actually be used in the next round of negotiations with the EU at the end of this month.
The other, on the customs union, is expected to be a "future position" paper - meaning it won't be discussed straight away.
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EU chiefs have warned the "clock is ticking" but have been unwilling to discuss Britain's future trade with the EU until key parts of Brexit itself are settled, including a multi-billion pound 'divorce bill'.
Asked why future position papers are being published now, a Downing Street spokesman said: "The talks which have taken place so far have shown that many of the withdrawal questions can only be settled with the future relationship in mind."
Mrs May will fly home to face Tory chaos after a senior MP threatened to quit the party over Brexit.
Former Business Minister Anna Soubry said she would put “country before party” and quit the Tories for a new pro-EU group if Mrs May does not soften her stance on Brexit.
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In an attempt to show Cabinet unity, Remain-backing Chancellor Philip Hammond and Brexiteer Liam Fox published a joint article agreeing key red lines.
They said Britain will need a "time-limited interim period" to implement Brexit "but it cannot be indefinite, it cannot be a back door to staying in the EU."
But behind the public calm anonymous MPs claimed the PM should sack pro-Remain ministers in a mini Cabinet reshuffle.
It also emerged arch-Brexiteer toff Jacob Rees-Mogg is mulling a possible run for the party leadership if Mrs May is forced out or quits.
Meanwhile Jeremy Corbyn has kicked off a three-week tour of the country after returning from his summer break in Croatia.
The Labour leader is due to address a rally in Milton Keynes this afternoon after drawing a crowd of more than 1,000 last week in Cornwall.