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21:27, 03-May-2019
UK government's Brexit talks with Labour to resume after weekend
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The British government's talks with the Labour Party to try to break the impasse over Brexit will resume after the weekend, Prime Minister Theresa May's spokeswoman said on Friday.
May opened talks with Labour a month ago after her deal to leave the European Union was rejected three times in parliament, but despite both sides saying they are constructive, there is little expectation of breakthrough next week.
“It's important that we get it right,” the spokeswoman said of the talks, adding that May understood the frustration of some in Britain over the delay to Brexit after voters punished her Conservative Party in local elections on Thursday.
May: 'Difficult time for our party'
Early results in Thursday's local level election showed that voters punished the Conservatives and the main Labour Party, yet the Brexit process may still need to forge ahead.
“This is a difficult time for our party, and these election results are a symptom of that,” May said in a speech to members of her party in Wales on Friday. “There was a simple message from yesterday's elections, to both us and the Labour Party: just get on and deliver Brexit.”
(With input from Reuters)