U.K. to Consider Full Transition Phase for Softer Brexit
- May’s team prepares for three-year bridging period: official
- The Times: Hammond said to have won cabinet backing for plan
Clarke Says U.K. Government Hopelessly Divided on Brexit
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Theresa May’s U.K. government is drawing up plans to extend the timetable for negotiating and completing the Brexit process, which could see a long transition period lasting until 2022, according to an official familiar with the matter.
While she failed to win the bigger majority she’d hoped for, the prime minister’s decision to call a snap vote last month bought her more time at the end of the exit negotiations in 2019 by pushing back the next scheduled election from 2020 to 2022.