Theresa May is under intense pressure from hero own party
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Theresa May has secured ministerial support for her new Brexit Withdrawal Agreement.
The cabinet has agreed to the Prime Minister’s plan for a Withdrawal Agreement Bill, including compromises intended to attract the support of Labour MPs.
It includes the idea of a temporary customs relationship operating until the next general election.
Other clauses include guarantees to maintain environmental standards and workers’ rights post Brexit.
The bill will be put to a vote in early June, and if it fails, the PM is likely to come under intense pressure to quit.
However, Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, has told reporters he would wait to see the details of May’s offer, but that what had been reported to be included so far “doesn’t inspire confidence, and I don’t think that many of our members will be inspired by it either.”
McDonnell said that regardless of what May offers on Brexit there was an overriding problem with the longer term stability of May’s Conservative Party.
He also said he couldn’t see Labour abstaining in such a vote.”
Theresa May will reveal details of her “new deal” in a speech later today.
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Theresa May has secured ministerial support for her new Brexit Withdrawal Agreement.
The cabinet has agreed to the Prime Minister’s plan for a Withdrawal Agreement Bill, including compromises intended to attract the support of Labour MPs.
It includes the idea of a temporary customs relationship operating until the next general election.
Other clauses include guarantees to maintain environmental standards and workers’ rights post Brexit.
The bill will be put to a vote in early June, and if it fails, the PM is likely to come under intense pressure to quit.
However, Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, has told reporters he would wait to see the details of May’s offer, but that what had been reported to be included so far “doesn’t inspire confidence, and I don’t think that many of our members will be inspired by it either.”
McDonnell said that regardless of what May offers on Brexit there was an overriding problem with the longer term stability of May’s Conservative Party.
He also said he couldn’t see Labour abstaining in such a vote.”
Theresa May will reveal details of her “new deal” in a speech later today.
