THE city’s MP has dismissed media reports of an impending snap election as ‘speculation’.

Newspapers have reported that some Tory MPs are preparing for a snap election in autumn due to Conservative Party divisions over Brexit.

The Sunday Times reported that some Tories fear the party will tear itself apart over the dispute about the country’s future customs relationship with the European Union.

One MP told the newspaper that the deadlock could ultimately result in a vote of no confidence against the prime minister and a subsequent general election.

Robin Walker, MP for Worcester, said he took the reports ‘with a pinch of salt’.

He added: “There’s always speculation about these things.

“I don’t think there’s anything in it. This is a story which the newspapers run from time to time.

“Of course we never know. They say a week is a long time in politics.

“In politics you always have to be prepared for the unexpected.”

The Worcester News found a variety of opinions when a reporter asked people in the city centre for their thoughts about another election.

Tyler Cooper-Clarke, aged 20, from Birmingham, said: “The Conservatives will pull the election forward and are going to lose a lot of seats to labour.”

Graham Smith, aged 68, of Worcester, said: “I would like to see Labour get a win. They do more for the national health because it’s the best thing we’ve got.”

Michael Nelson, aged 72, of Solihull, added: “I’d be amazed if she calls another general election, she was lucky to get in before.”

While 53-year-old Carol Lancton, from Rock, in Worcestershire, said: “Chaos, it would be better to give Theresa May time to sort herself out rather than start again with someone new.”

Prime minister Theresa May has faced a wave of criticism over her proposal to keep the UK in a customs union with the EU until after 2021.

Eurosceptics, led by Jacob Rees-Mogg, who chairs the European Research Group, have opposed the plans as they believe it will infringe on the UK's ability to strike free trade deals around the world.

However Mrs May has opted for the arrangement in a bid to prevent a hard border in Northern Ireland.