- Theresa May has abandoned cross-party talks on Brexit with opposition parties.
- The prime minister blamed Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn in talks with her Cabinet.
- She will now instead push ahead with a plan to again demand concessions from the EU.
- The prime minister will make a statement and motion setting out her Brexit plan B this afternoon.
- The motion faces multiple amendments from MPs designed to allow Parliament to take control of the Brexit process.
LONDON Theresa May has rejected calls to
compromise with opposition parties on Brexit and will instead press
ahead with a plan to return once again to Brussels to demand concessions
from the EU.
The prime minister has refused demands from
those, including her chief of staff Gavin Barwell, to soften her
position on issues such as the Customs Union, in order to win over votes
from the opposition Labour party for her deal.
She told her Cabinet on Sunday
that she will instead demand concessions from the EU on the
controversial Northern Ireland backstop, which is designed to keep
Britain tied to EU customs and trade rules and avoid a hard border
between Northern Ireland and Ireland if talks fail before the end of the
Brexit transition period.
She also blamed Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn
for the breakdown in the talks after he refused to meet with the prime
minister until she rules out the possibility of a no-deal Brexit with
the EU the preferred option of Conservative Brexiteers.Demands by other opposition parties for a second referendum and Brexit
to be delayed, were also rejected outright by the prime minister,
The plan, which has already been rejected multiple
times by the EU and Ireland, would need to be backed in principle by
the House of Commons in a vote at the end of this month, before being
negotiated with the EU and then voted on again by the UK Parliament next
month.
However, MPs from across the House
are poised to force May to think again, with multiple amendments planned
to her motion this afternoon, that are designed to take control of the
process from the prime minister.
Among the amendments are plans to force May to
extend the two-year Article 50 process that will take Britain out of
the EU on March 29, and a push to hand control of the entire process to
backbench MPs.
The amendments will be selected by the House of Commons speaker John Bercow and then put to a vote by MPs on January 29.
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