THE Prime Minister was last night accused of “disregarding” Scotland in the Brexit negotiations as she took the step of publishing an open letter to voters in a new bid to win over public support for her deal.

Theresa May said she had “from day one” been determined to deliver a deal that “works for every part of our country – for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, for our overseas territories like Gibraltar”.

But her words drew anger from the SNP who have repeatedly argued the concerns of Scotland – which voted to remain in the EU – have not been addressed over the last two and half years of talks.

“The Prime Minister has disregarded the view of Scotland in her negotiations – we will be taken out of the EU against our will and out of the single market which is eight times the size of the UK market alone. This will cost jobs and hit living standards,” said Ian Blackford, the SNP leader at Westminster.

“The way Scotland’s interests have been sidelined by the UK Government throughout this entire process demonstrates the real cost of not being an independent country able to make our own decisions.”

May’s plea to the public said the deal would “honour the result of the referendum”, allow the UK to “end free movement of people” and “take back control of our money”.

It continued: “Instead, we will be able to spend British taxpayer’s money on our own priorities, like the extra £394 million per week that we are investing in our long-term plan for the NHS. And we will take back control of our laws, by ending the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice in the UK. In future, our laws will be made, interpreted and enforced by our own courts and legislatures.”

Labour’s Ian Murray hit out: “This letter is an utter work of fiction, and shows just how desperate the Prime Minister has become. The people of Scotland and Britain won’t buy this deal, no matter how hard she tries to sell it.

“It’s incredible Theresa May is repeating lies about NHS spending, putting our economy at risk, and threatening the very future of the United Kingdom she once claimed was ‘precious’ to her.”

The EU is set to ratify the withdrawal agreement and political declaration at a special summit in Brussels today after Spain dropped a last minute threat to boycott the meeting. European Council President Donald Tusk has recommended the leaders of the remaining 27 EU members approve the two documents which have been drawn up following the arduous negotiations.

It comes after Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez received assurances from the UK Government over Gibraltar. He said he had received the written guarantees he needed over Spain’s role in the future of the British territory.

May held talks last night with Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission, and Tusk amid mounting criticism at home from Tory backbenchers, the DUP whose 10 MPs prop up her government, as well as the SNP and Labour.

In her letter she said the deal would mean the UK will be out of the Common Agricultural Policy, out of the Common Fisheries Policy and that “we will be an independent coastal state once again, with full control over our waters” and that it would lead to a “bright future”.

It concluded: “On March 29 next year, the United Kingdom will leave the European Union. We will then begin a new chapter in our national life.

“I want that to be a moment of renewal and reconciliation for our whole country. It must mark the point when we put aside the labels of ‘Leave’ and ‘Remain’ for good and we come together again as one people. To do that we need to get on with Brexit now by getting behind this deal.”

Her words are unlikely to win over critics. Earlier former Cabinet minister Theresa Villiers rejected May’s deal. She said that if that could not be done, “it would be with a very heavy heart that I would advocate the Prime Minister walks away from the negotiations and we step up preparations for leaving without an agreement”. She added no deal could lead to “some disruption in the short-term” but negotiations would resume.