The British Prime Minister is charging her team with securing changes to the so-called Irish backstop, an insurance policy to prevent a ‘hard border’ between Northern Ireland and Ireland
Brexit Minister Stephen Barclay and Britain's Attorney General Geoffrey Cox leave after the weekly cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London on March 5, 2019.Prime Minister Theresa May’s top government lawyer was holding talks in Brussels on Tuesday in a last-ditch bid to secure changes to get her Brexit deal through parliament and smooth Britain’s departure from the European Union.
Time is of the essence, with some businesses increasingly concerned over the risk of a disorderly Brexit, which BMW said on Tuesday could mean it would move some production of engines and its Mini model out of Britain. She has offered lawmakers the chance to seek to prevent a no-deal departure and to delay Brexit if parliament rejects the deal in a vote she has promised to hold by March 12. Both British and EU officials have said any delay would probably be just for a few months.
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