BBC News:
Invited to Downing Street for breakfast.
Wooed in person, wooed over the phone, wooed over the airwaves.
The government is embarking on a persuasion job, the like of which we’ve not seen since Rishi Sunak became prime minister.
MPs are being tracked down physically – to make sure they are around to vote later.
And MPs are being tracked down politically – to make sure ministers know how they’re intending to vote.
About 20 MPs have been invited in to Number 10 first thing for some cornflakes or perhaps something even more alluring.
Senior government figures are adamant, for now at least, that the vote will definitely go ahead.
