Brexit Talks Resume With U.K. a Hotbed of Political Intrigue
- Talks to focus on exit bill, residency righs, nuclear matter
- Davis is back in London, will return to Brussels on Thursday
Brexit Bill, Citizens' Rights Become Focus of Talks
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Brexit negotiators will get down to the technical details of the divorce on Tuesday, tackling issues from nuclear cooperation to residency rights, as Prime Minister Theresa May seeks to silence public sparring among her ministers.
U.K. Brexit Secretary David Davis and EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier are leaving their teams to hash out the details -- the British team has 98 officials while the EU squad has 45 -- and Davis is back in London. Davis will attend a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday where May will tell ministers to stop leaking negative stories about each other to the press in a bid to reassert her authority, which has been damaged by last month’s election result.