Ministers still behind May’s Brexit plans
OPPOSITION LABOUR TO VOTE ON MOTION INCLUDING SECOND BREXIT REFERENDUM
British Prime Minister Theresa May’s senior ministerial team remains fully behind her Brexit proposals, her spokesman said yesterday, after her plans were savaged by European Union leaders at a summit last week.
May’s Conservative Party is deeply divided over the direction talks with the EU should take, with opponents of her plans, including her former Brexit minister, holding a press conference yesterday to spell out an alternative vision based on a free trade agreement.
Her cabinet of top ministers is due to discuss the ongoing negotiations with the bloc and her spokesman reiterated that May remained committed to her plans.
“The cabinet gave its full support to the white paper [her proposals], and that continues to be the case,” the spokesman told reporters.
The British prime minister, who has called for the EU to evolve their negotiating position, was to also meet the European Parliament’s chief Brexit coordinator Guy Verhofstadt yesterday, her spokesman said.
Meanwhile, the opposition Labour Party will vote on a motion this week to keep all options on the table including a second Brexit referendum if the party cannot get a national election, BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg said on Twitter.
Opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn said earlier he would back a second Brexit referendum if his Labour Party voted to pursue the move.