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Theresa May will face the Commons for the first time since the EU rejected her plan for Brexit, while some Conservative MPs are pushing for things to change course.
A week before a crucial meeting of European leaders, the prime minister shows no sign of abandoning her proposals.
Former Brexit Secretary David Davis warned of "serious" electoral consequences for the party if it persisted with its business model with the EU.
Ministers said, however, that the UK and the EU "are getting closer to achievable solutions".
Despite the imminent departure of the UK from the EU in March 2019, there is still no agreement between the two parties on the functioning of the separation and on their future relationship.
Intense negotiations are under way to try to reach a compromise by November, with the EU assessing the progress made at next week's European Council summit.
One of the main problems is how to avoid further controls at the border between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic, which will also become the future border between the United Kingdom and the European Union.
Ms May has been warned by the Democratic Unionist Party of Northern Ireland – which she supports for key votes in Parliament – that she will not accept any solution that "divides" the Kingdom. United on the sea of Ireland.
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At the Salzburg summit last month, European leaders rejected the Prime Minister's plan to create a free trade zone for manufactured and agricultural goods, backed up by a book of common rules and a combined customs territory: the plan Checkers.
Then, at last week's Conservative Party conference in Birmingham, his strategy received strong criticism, including former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, who urged him to "reject" him for a free trade agreement like the one the EU has with Canada.
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In a letter to other Conservative MPs, Davis said that an agreement based on May's plan of Checkers would provide "none of the benefits of Brexit" and would reduce the United Kingdom to "take Brussels rules".
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Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab told the Commons on Tuesday that there were still differences over the UK-EU stand-by agreement, while insisting that "we are getting closer to solutions. achievable ".
He also told MEPs that the UK would not remain bound indefinitely to the EU Customs Union – an attempt to reassure conservative Tory Brexiteers who warned that they had the numbers. to vote against any final agreement concerning Brexit with which they would not agree.
Mr. Raab emphasized the need to "keep our cool" and "stay resolved" to close a good deal – but downplayed suggestions for a breakthrough.
After the weekly cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Downing Street said May could not agree to any withdrawal agreement, including the so-called £ 39 billion divorce bill to be paid to the EU. without a "precise" statement of the future trade of both parties and security partnership.
At the same time, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that a disorderly Brexit could threaten the stability of the global economy.
The US-based organization said that a "no-go" departure from the EU could lead to fragmentation of European money markets, which means that finance can not flow in a way as effective in the system.
The IMF urged the Bank of England to prepare to provide more quantitative easing – by creating new funds – if it was needed.
