Katy Balls Katy Balls

May under pressure to set an exit date to get her deal over the line

Is this the week Theresa May sets out an exit date for her departure from No. 10? There is hope in government that this will be the week the Prime Minister passes her Brexit deal. However, the price of her doing so could include a promise to resign before the second stage of negotiations begin later this year.

No. 10 are working to try and ensure May passes her deal before this week’s EU council meeting where she has to try and seek an Article 50 extension. In a bid to try and do this, ministers have been locked in talks with the DUP all weekend on what could be done to make the deal palatable to them. The package discussed is expected to include new legislation being brought forward which would say Northern Island would stay in step with the rest of the United Kingdom while in the backstop.

Theresa May needs 75 MPs to change their vote and back her deal in order to pass the Withdrawal Agreement.

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