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| Brexit: Theresa May plans 'bold offer' to get support for deal | Brexit: Theresa May plans 'bold offer' to get support for deal |
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| Theresa May has said a "new and improved" Brexit deal will be put to MPs when they vote on the EU Withdrawal Agreement Bill in early June. | Theresa May has said a "new and improved" Brexit deal will be put to MPs when they vote on the EU Withdrawal Agreement Bill in early June. |
| Writing in the Sunday Times, Mrs May said the bill will be a "bold offer". | Writing in the Sunday Times, Mrs May said the bill will be a "bold offer". |
| Part of the offer will be around workers' rights, International Development Secretary Rory Stewart told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show. | Part of the offer will be around workers' rights, International Development Secretary Rory Stewart told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show. |
| Labour's Jeremy Corbyn said he would look at the proposals "very carefully" but "can't give it a blank cheque". | Labour's Jeremy Corbyn said he would look at the proposals "very carefully" but "can't give it a blank cheque". |
| Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said support in Scotland for staying in the EU had strengthened since the 2016 referendum - when 62% of voters backed Remain - and voters should send a clear message about this in Thursday's European elections. | |
| Mrs May announced this week that MPs would vote on the bill - which would bring the withdrawal agreement into UK law - in the week beginning 3 June. If the bill is not passed, the default position is that the UK will leave the EU on 31 October without a deal. | |
| Labour has said it will vote against the bill after talks with the government on trying to agree a compromise acceptable to its MPs broke down. | |
| Many Conservative MPs also remain opposed to the bill, meaning it risks failing to clear its first parliamentary hurdle. | |
| But in her Sunday Times piece, Mrs May said she will "not be simply asking MPs to think again" on the same deal that they have repeatedly rejected - but on "an improved packaged of measures that I believe can win new support". | But in her Sunday Times piece, Mrs May said she will "not be simply asking MPs to think again" on the same deal that they have repeatedly rejected - but on "an improved packaged of measures that I believe can win new support". |
| The PM said she wanted MPs to consider the new deal "with fresh pairs of eyes - and to give it their support". | The PM said she wanted MPs to consider the new deal "with fresh pairs of eyes - and to give it their support". |
| Check the small print | Check the small print |
| By Jonathan Blake, political correspondent | By Jonathan Blake, political correspondent |
| With any sales pitch that sounds like it's too good to be true, it's important to check the small print. | With any sales pitch that sounds like it's too good to be true, it's important to check the small print. |
| And so with Theresa May's promise of a "new and improved" Brexit deal - MPs will be wondering what exactly has changed. | And so with Theresa May's promise of a "new and improved" Brexit deal - MPs will be wondering what exactly has changed. |
| A promise of a further referendum would win plenty of support from Labour but Downing Street's ruled that out. | A promise of a further referendum would win plenty of support from Labour but Downing Street's ruled that out. |
| Changes to the Withdrawal Agreement, including the Northern Ireland backstop, would sway the DUP and many of her own MPs, but the EU won't agree to that. | Changes to the Withdrawal Agreement, including the Northern Ireland backstop, would sway the DUP and many of her own MPs, but the EU won't agree to that. |
| Additions on workers' rights and environmental protections might be enough to sway a few Labour votes. | Additions on workers' rights and environmental protections might be enough to sway a few Labour votes. |
| And there may be - after a series of votes in Parliament - some movement on the UK's future customs relationship with the EU, but that is as likely to turn off Tory MPs as it is to woo the opposition. | And there may be - after a series of votes in Parliament - some movement on the UK's future customs relationship with the EU, but that is as likely to turn off Tory MPs as it is to woo the opposition. |
| Not for the first time there appear to be no good options for Theresa May. | Not for the first time there appear to be no good options for Theresa May. |
| But a "bold offer" is quite a promise to make, and if her deal has a hope of passing, she will somehow have to live up to it. | But a "bold offer" is quite a promise to make, and if her deal has a hope of passing, she will somehow have to live up to it. |
| Mr Stewart suggested the two main parties were "about half an inch apart" on the three main issues under discussion - protecting employment rights and environmental standards and having a strong and flexible trading relationship with both the EU and other countries. | Mr Stewart suggested the two main parties were "about half an inch apart" on the three main issues under discussion - protecting employment rights and environmental standards and having a strong and flexible trading relationship with both the EU and other countries. |
| "None of us want to remain in the European Union, none of us want a no-deal Brexit which means logically there has to be a deal," he said. | "None of us want to remain in the European Union, none of us want a no-deal Brexit which means logically there has to be a deal," he said. |
| "Within the terms of a Brexit deal, I don't believe there's anything that Jeremy Corbyn or we want that's that far apart." | "Within the terms of a Brexit deal, I don't believe there's anything that Jeremy Corbyn or we want that's that far apart." |
| 'Not different' | 'Not different' |
| Mr Corbyn said what was being talked about was "not fundamentally different" from what No 10 had already promised and as it stood, Labour would oppose the bill. | Mr Corbyn said what was being talked about was "not fundamentally different" from what No 10 had already promised and as it stood, Labour would oppose the bill. |
| While official talks would not be re-started, he said Labour "reserved the right" to consider new proposals - stressing he wanted the UK to have scope to go beyond EU employment and environmental standards and not just keep pace with them. | While official talks would not be re-started, he said Labour "reserved the right" to consider new proposals - stressing he wanted the UK to have scope to go beyond EU employment and environmental standards and not just keep pace with them. |
| On the issue of another referendum, he said Labour had kept the option on the table but any vote would have to be on a "credible" deal - which he suggested did not exist right now. | On the issue of another referendum, he said Labour had kept the option on the table but any vote would have to be on a "credible" deal - which he suggested did not exist right now. |
| Liberal Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable said he would be prepared to support the bill if the government agreed to give the public the final say on the terms of exit in a referendum. | Liberal Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable said he would be prepared to support the bill if the government agreed to give the public the final say on the terms of exit in a referendum. |
| He told the BBC's Andrew Marr his party had discussed the "practicalities" of holding another public vote and it was possible before the 31 October deadline. | He told the BBC's Andrew Marr his party had discussed the "practicalities" of holding another public vote and it was possible before the 31 October deadline. |
| "We need a proper referendum that will come to a resolution on the issue, with remain on the ballot paper." | "We need a proper referendum that will come to a resolution on the issue, with remain on the ballot paper." |
| 'National emergency' | 'National emergency' |
| But Change UK spokesman Chuka Umunna said there was "simply not enough time" to hold a referendum before 31 October. | But Change UK spokesman Chuka Umunna said there was "simply not enough time" to hold a referendum before 31 October. |
| Given it was "almost certain" the Withdrawal Agreement Bill would be defeated, he said the only option was for the the UK to stop Brexit by revoking Article 50. | Given it was "almost certain" the Withdrawal Agreement Bill would be defeated, he said the only option was for the the UK to stop Brexit by revoking Article 50. |
| "We are facing a national emergency," he told Andrew Marr. | "We are facing a national emergency," he told Andrew Marr. |
| "What would be undemocratic would be imposing a no-deal Brexit on the British people that there is not a mandate for." | "What would be undemocratic would be imposing a no-deal Brexit on the British people that there is not a mandate for." |
| A cabinet meeting on Tuesday is to consider plans for a series of "indicative votes" by MPs to establish which proposals could command a majority. | A cabinet meeting on Tuesday is to consider plans for a series of "indicative votes" by MPs to establish which proposals could command a majority. |
| Mr Corbyn said it was "very unlikely" this was resolve the current impasse but he awaited to see if any new options were put forward. | Mr Corbyn said it was "very unlikely" this was resolve the current impasse but he awaited to see if any new options were put forward. |
| Brexit had been due to take place on 29 March. But the UK was given an extension until 31 October after MPs three times voted down the withdrawal agreement Mrs May had negotiated with the EU - by margins of 230, 149 and 58 votes. | Brexit had been due to take place on 29 March. But the UK was given an extension until 31 October after MPs three times voted down the withdrawal agreement Mrs May had negotiated with the EU - by margins of 230, 149 and 58 votes. |
| This prompted negotiations between the Conservatives and Labour aimed at breaking the Brexit impasse, but they collapsed on Friday without an agreement. | This prompted negotiations between the Conservatives and Labour aimed at breaking the Brexit impasse, but they collapsed on Friday without an agreement. |
| The DUP, which supports her government on certain issues, remains opposed to Mrs May's agreement with the EU over its implications for Northern Ireland. | The DUP, which supports her government on certain issues, remains opposed to Mrs May's agreement with the EU over its implications for Northern Ireland. |