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| Parliament returns: the major challenges facing MPs on all sides | Parliament returns: the major challenges facing MPs on all sides |
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| When parliament resumes on Tuesday, MPs will return to one of the most feverish political atmospheres in recent decades. There is a lot at stake, not just for Theresa May, and much could change in the coming weeks. Here are the main challenges ahead: | When parliament resumes on Tuesday, MPs will return to one of the most feverish political atmospheres in recent decades. There is a lot at stake, not just for Theresa May, and much could change in the coming weeks. Here are the main challenges ahead: |
| Conservatives | Conservatives |
| Agree a Brexit deal with Brussels. Otherwise, with fewer than 30 weeks to the deadline for leaving the EU, the prospect of a no-deal exit looms. | Agree a Brexit deal with Brussels. Otherwise, with fewer than 30 weeks to the deadline for leaving the EU, the prospect of a no-deal exit looms. |
| Shepherd a Brexit deal through parliament – possibly May’s biggest challenge. | Shepherd a Brexit deal through parliament – possibly May’s biggest challenge. |
| One for Tory MPs: decide whether May should stay in place for now, or launch a more immediate challenge to her leadership. | One for Tory MPs: decide whether May should stay in place for now, or launch a more immediate challenge to her leadership. |
| Agree a Brexit deal with Brussels. Otherwise, with fewer than 30 weeks to the deadline for leaving the EU, the prospect of a no-deal exit looms. | Agree a Brexit deal with Brussels. Otherwise, with fewer than 30 weeks to the deadline for leaving the EU, the prospect of a no-deal exit looms. |
| Shepherd a Brexit deal through parliament – possibly May’s biggest challenge. | Shepherd a Brexit deal through parliament – possibly May’s biggest challenge. |
| One for Tory MPs: decide whether May should stay in place for now, or launch a more immediate challenge to her leadership. | One for Tory MPs: decide whether May should stay in place for now, or launch a more immediate challenge to her leadership. |
| Labour | Labour |
| Fix on a Brexit strategy. The arguments over what sort of departure Labour will push for are by no means over. | Fix on a Brexit strategy. The arguments over what sort of departure Labour will push for are by no means over. |
| Deal with antisemitism, and quickly, after rows about it dominated a summer in which Jeremy Corbyn hoped to talk about new policies. | Deal with antisemitism, and quickly, after rows about it dominated a summer in which Jeremy Corbyn hoped to talk about new policies. |
| If possible, ease backbench tensions that have resulted in Frank Field resigning the party whip, and speculation that others could follow. | If possible, ease backbench tensions that have resulted in Frank Field resigning the party whip, and speculation that others could follow. |
| Fix on a Brexit strategy. The arguments over what sort of departure Labour will push for are by no means over. | Fix on a Brexit strategy. The arguments over what sort of departure Labour will push for are by no means over. |
| Deal with antisemitism, and quickly, after rows about it dominated a summer in which Jeremy Corbyn hoped to talk about new policies. | Deal with antisemitism, and quickly, after rows about it dominated a summer in which Jeremy Corbyn hoped to talk about new policies. |
| If possible, ease backbench tensions that have resulted in Frank Field resigning the party whip, and speculation that others could follow. | If possible, ease backbench tensions that have resulted in Frank Field resigning the party whip, and speculation that others could follow. |
| Other parties | Other parties |
| The Liberal Democrats need Vince Cable to either clarify his position and assuage worries over his leadership, or stand aside. | The Liberal Democrats need Vince Cable to either clarify his position and assuage worries over his leadership, or stand aside. |
| The Scottish National party faces serious divisions over Alex Salmond’s plan to take legal action over the government’s handling of allegations of sexual harassment made against him. | The Scottish National party faces serious divisions over Alex Salmond’s plan to take legal action over the government’s handling of allegations of sexual harassment made against him. |
| The Greens face a leadership switch, and an inquiry into a major safeguarding failure in the party. | The Greens face a leadership switch, and an inquiry into a major safeguarding failure in the party. |
| The Liberal Democrats need Vince Cable to either clarify his position and assuage worries over his leadership, or stand aside. | The Liberal Democrats need Vince Cable to either clarify his position and assuage worries over his leadership, or stand aside. |
| The Scottish National party faces serious divisions over Alex Salmond’s plan to take legal action over the government’s handling of allegations of sexual harassment made against him. | The Scottish National party faces serious divisions over Alex Salmond’s plan to take legal action over the government’s handling of allegations of sexual harassment made against him. |
| The Greens face a leadership switch, and an inquiry into a major safeguarding failure in the party. | The Greens face a leadership switch, and an inquiry into a major safeguarding failure in the party. |
| Calendar for the coming months | Calendar for the coming months |
| 4 September: Parliament returns after the summer recess. New Green party leaders announced. | 4 September: Parliament returns after the summer recess. New Green party leaders announced. |
| 15 September: The Lib Dem annual conference opens in Brighton. | 15 September: The Lib Dem annual conference opens in Brighton. |
| 20 September: Informal EU summit in Salzburg, Austria, which is expected to discuss May’s Brexit plan. | 20 September: Informal EU summit in Salzburg, Austria, which is expected to discuss May’s Brexit plan. |
| 23 September: The Labour conference starts in Liverpool, where Corbyn is likely to face pressure over antisemitism, Brexit and internal party rules. | 23 September: The Labour conference starts in Liverpool, where Corbyn is likely to face pressure over antisemitism, Brexit and internal party rules. |
| 30 September: The Conservative conference begins in Birmingham, where several of May’s would-be successors are likely to be on manoeuvres and her Chequers plan could face opposition. | 30 September: The Conservative conference begins in Birmingham, where several of May’s would-be successors are likely to be on manoeuvres and her Chequers plan could face opposition. |
| 18 October: EU summit in Brussels, at which – in theory – a Brexit deal should be agreed. | 18 October: EU summit in Brussels, at which – in theory – a Brexit deal should be agreed. |
| November/December: More likely period in which a Brexit deal will be agreed. | November/December: More likely period in which a Brexit deal will be agreed. |
| 29 March 2019: Brexit day. | 29 March 2019: Brexit day. |
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