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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The British government and the main opposition were to hold further crisis talks on Thursday after MPs voted in favour of a Brexit delay that would avoid Britain crashing out of the EU on April 12.<\/p>\n
With options running out, May switched course and invited Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn for talks on Wednesday in a bid to forge a compromise that avoids a chaotic \u201cno-deal\u201d departure from the European Union in eight days\u2019 time.<\/p>\n
Negotiating teams for both sides were to meet again on Thursday for a full day of urgent discussions.<\/p>\n
May\u2019s divorce deal with the other 27 EU nations has been rejected three times by parliament and patience is wearing thin in Brussels as the deadline to end Britain\u2019s 46-year membership nears with no agreement in sight.<\/p>\n
The premier said Tuesday she would seek another \u201cshort\u201d Brexit extension at an EU leaders\u2019 summit in Brussels on April 10.<\/p>\n
\u2013 313 v 312 on bill \u2013<\/p>\n
In a rushed parliamentary bid to avoid Britain leaving the EU without a divorce deal next Friday, MPs voted by the narrowest of margins late Wednesday in favour of draft legislation that would force the government to seek to delay Brexit beyond April 12.<\/p>\n
The vote passed by just one \u2014 313 votes in favour and 312 against \u2014 in the lower House of Commons and the bill will now pass to the upper House of Lords for final approval on Thursday, much to the government\u2019s annoyance.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are disappointed that MPs have chosen to back this bill,\u201d a government spokesman said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe prime minister has already set out a clear process through which we can leave the European Union with a deal and we have already committed to seeking a further extension.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf passed, this bill would place a severe constraint on the government\u2019s ability to negotiate an extension and reflect this new date in UK statute books before April 12.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013 First talks \u2018constructive\u2019 \u2013<\/p>\n
May said Wednesday\u2019s talks with Corbyn were \u201cconstructive\u201d, suggesting she might be prepared to bend her previous principles and listen to proposals for much closer post-Brexit trade relations with the bloc than many Conservatives are prepared to accept.<\/p>\n
Both sides showed \u201cflexibility and a commitment to bring the current Brexit uncertainty to a close\u201d, said a spokesman for May\u2019s Downing Street office.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have agreed a programme of work to ensure we deliver for the British people, protecting jobs and security,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Corbyn said: \u201cThere hasn\u2019t been as much change as I expected but we will have further discussions\u2026 to explore technical issues\u201d on Thursday.<\/p>\n
He told May that Labour wanted a customs union with the EU, access to its single market and raised \u201cthe option of a public vote to prevent crashing out or leaving on a bad deal\u201d.<\/p>\n
If the talks between the government and Labour fail to reach a compromise that both can support, May hopes the two sides can come up with mutually acceptable options that would be put up for binding parliamentary votes.<\/p>\n
\u2013 Merkel heads to Dublin \u2013<\/p>\n
The British premier\u2019s sudden change of tack was received with caution by EU leaders who wish to see the split resolved before the European Parliament elections begin on May 23.<\/p>\n
Finance minister Philip Hammond said it was an \u201cexpectation\u201d that Brussels would offer a longer extension at the April 10 summit than the short one Britain is targeting, but London would want to curtail it as quickly as possible after passing a Brexit deal.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt would be in everybody\u2019s interest that we moved into the implementation period at that point,\u201d he told ITV television.<\/p>\n
German Chancellor Angela Merkel was to visit Dublin on Thursday to meet Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar for talks on Brexit. She has vowed to \u201cfight until the last hour\u201d to avoid a no-deal outcome \u2014 something that would hit the UK\u2019s only land neighbour Ireland hardest.bss<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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