EX-Cabinet minister Esther McVey will lead a campaign to calm fears over No Deal this week — as the PM launches a desperate seven- day drive to save Brexit.

The former Work and Pensions Secretary will appear in videos on social media to spell out how civil servants are getting the UK ready for leaving the EU with no agreement.

She and other leading Brexiteers also plan question and answer session to ease public anxiety.

Mrs May yesterday held an emergency Cabinet conference call after Irish government sources said there was “not a hope” of a compromise on the backstop.

The PM had hoped to get Ireland to agree a treaty that would allow the backstop to be ditched — removing a key stumbling block to a deal. Cabinet sources said it had been agreed that continuing Irish intransigence meant ministers must now turn a laser focus on winning over the DUP.

Mrs May also promised to end plans for any cross-party union with Labour on Brexit.

She pledged to concentrate on renegotiating the backstop to win over her backbenchers.

Mrs May had hoped a treaty with Ireland might let her cobble together a deal that could be supported by the DUP and Tory Eurosceptics. But Irish foreign minister Simon Coveney yesterday said he continued to support “the backstop as negotiated”.

No10 sources last night dismissed as “total nonsense” reports that the PM was pondering amending the Northern Ireland Good Friday Agreement to break the logjam.

Rebel MPs will today showcase their plots to suspend Brexit.

A second, led by ex-attorney general Dominic Grieve, wants MPs to debate and vote on Brexit issues one day a week.

Ms McVey said she and other Brexiteers aim to tackle “scare stories” about No Deal.

She added: “Of course, 17.4million people voted to leave the EU. So it’s really important that we reveal the true extent of the planning being done to prepare us for leaving the EU without a deal.”