Prime Minister Theresa May's top lawyer will try to clinch a Brexit comprom...
LONDON - Prime Minister Theresa May’s top lawyer will try to clinch a Brexit compromise with the European Union this week in a last-ditch bid to win over rebellious British lawmakers before crunch votes that could delay the divorce.
May is hoping to win over enough MPs to pass it, by agreeing a legal addendum with the EU on the deal’s most controversial element: a “backstop” to ensure no hard border between EU-member Ireland and British-ruled Northern Ireland. “We’re now at a particularly critical stage in these negotiations,” said the spokesman. He declined to go into any specifics about the kind of legally binding changes Cox was trying to secure.
If they reject the deal, MPs will have a vote on whether to leave without a deal, and then on whether to delay Brexit, probably by a few months until the end of June.In a bid to win over opposition Labour Party MPs, May will on Monday set out plans for a 1.6 billion pound fund to help to boost economic growth in Brexit-supporting communities.
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