| It appears that Theresa May’s Conservatives and Jeremy Corbyn’s, opposition Labour Party are about to close without an agreement, |
Brexit talks between Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservatives and the opposition Labour Party are about to close without an agreement, the BBC said on Friday.
May and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will now move to a second phase, aimed at agreeing on a process for parliamentary votes designed to find a consensus, the BBC said.
May announced on April 2 that she would open talks with Labour but the two parties have failed to agree on major issues such as Labour’s demand for a post-Brexit customs union.
This outcome prompted Hilary Benn, the chairman of parliament’s Brexit committee, to say; “There are only two ways out of the Brexit crisis that we’ve got: either parliament agrees a deal or we go back to the British people and ask them to make the choice.
“And I think this brings the prospect of a confirmatory referendum closer although there’s not yet a majority for that in parliament,” he said.
May agreed on Thursday to set out a timetable for her departure in early June after the latest attempt to get her thrice defeated Brexit deal approved by parliament.