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The government is seeking to "purge" Tory MPs who rebel against a no-deal Brexit, the former justice secretary has said.

David Gauke told Today that Boris Johnson was seeking to "re-align" and "transform" the Conservatives "in the direction of The Brexit Party".

A senior source from the whips office has said those who voted to block no-deal would be expelled and deselected.

(Image: David Gauke. Credit: Reuters/Alkis Konstantinidis)