BREAKING: Jeremy Corbyn pulls out of Brexit talks with Theresa May
Jeremy Corbyn has pulled out of Brexit talks with Theresa MayMay had hoped to bring her Brexit Withdrawal Bill to the House of Commons at the start of June.
In a letter to May, the Labour leader said the talks had"gone as far as they can" due to"the increasing weakness and instability" of the government. However, Labour's announcement, alongside commitments from the Democratic Unionist Party, which props up May's minority government, to continue opposing the bill, means it will now almost certainly be defeated.The Chair of the 1922 Committee of Conservative backbenchersthat the prime minister had agreed to set out her departure plans in order to allow a contest to replace her, in the immediate aftermath of the vote.
Even more crucially, the increasing weakness and instability of your government means there cannot be confidence in securing whatever might be agreed between us. As I said when we met on Tuesday evening, there has been growing concern in both the Shadow Cabinet and parliamentary Labour Party about the government's ability to deliver on any compromise agreement.
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