Prime Minister delays Brexit vote to seek further “reassurances” from the EU on the backstopPrime Minister Theresa May has delayed Parliament’s vote on the Brexit withdrawal deal in order to seek “reassurances” from the EU on the issue of the Irish backstop. The vote had been due to take place today. Speaking in the House of Commons yesterday, May said she recognised there was “widespread and deep concern” about the Irish backstop, and that existing safeguards to ensure the backstop would be temporary “do not offer a sufficient number of colleagues the reassurance that they need.” She said that she …read more
Source: Open Europe