The government has offered Labour a permanent customs arrangement and 'dynamic alignment' on workers' rights, sources familiar with the talks told BuzzFeed News.
Theresa May is optimistic she is close to striking a Brexit deal with Jeremy Corbyn involving a customs arrangement and “dynamic alignment” on workers’ rights, finally breaking the months-long impasse at Westminster – but at significant political cost to the two main parties.
In the last week government ministers and officials presented Labour with a new offer on a customs arrangement that would effectively see the UK remain in the key aspects of a customs union with the EU, sources familiar with the talks told BuzzFeed News. The offer would be tantamount to the government accepting in full Labour’s demands during the last few weeks of the negotiations, a source familiar with the talks said.Multiple government sources told BuzzFeed News this weekend that they expect a deal to be reached with Labour, but are less confident on when it will happen.
If a deal is passed at a meaningful vote at that point, they believe new UK MEPs will not have to take their seats as the withdrawal agreement will be able to be ratified before the new European Parliament sits in July. Labour favours a deal that can be either ratified in full before the Euros so the elections do not have to be held, or agreed after the Euros so Corbyn doesn’t suffer losses as a result, a source familiar with the talks said.
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