Brexit news: Labour-Tory talks set to implode as Theresa May condemned by opposition, amid MPs' anger over delay
Labour attacks prime minister for refusal to offer 'compromise or change'
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Your support makes all the difference.Theresa May has written to the EU requesting a Brexit extension until 30 June, as top-level talks between Jeremy Corbyn and the prime minister's negotiating teams appear on the brink of collapse.
It comes amid suggestions the bloc will offer the UK a year-long "flexible" delay at next week's emergency summit in Brussels next week.
A plan being drawn up by Donald Tusk, the president of the European Council, would allow the UK to leave earlier if parliament approves an exit deal.
Here's how we covered the day's development as they happened
SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has commented on Theresa May's apparent refusal to compromise after Labour's statement on the faltering Brexit talks:
Rory Stewart, the Conservative prisons minister, has insisted there is "quite a lot of life" left in the process of talks with Labour.
"I know that there are going to be tensions," he told BBC Radio 4's PM, but added: "In truth the positions of the two parties are very, very close and where there's good will it should be possible to get this done and get it done relatively quickly."
He said that "of course we are prepared to compromise" on the political declaration.
Nick Boles, who on Monday quit the Tories over what he felt was the party's refusal to compromise on Brexit, has voiced his incredulity over reports that talks between May and Corbyn have reached an impasse:
Downing Street has rejected Labour's accusations that it has refused to compromise during Brexit talks.
A spokesman for Theresa May said:
We have made serious proposals in talks this week and are prepared to pursue changes to the political declaration in order to deliver a deal that is acceptable to both sides.
We are ready to hold further detailed discussions this weekend in order to seek any such changes in the run up to European Council on Wednesday. The government is determined to work constructively to deliver the Brexit people voted for, and avoid participation in the European Parliamentary elections.
That contradicts what Labour's Keir Starmer said earlier. The shadow Brexit secretary said the government "isn't proposing any changes to the deal" and is "not countenancing any changes to the actual wording of the political declaration".
The EU's chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, will visit Dublin on Monday for Brexit talks with Irish premier Leo Varadkar.
A spokesman for the Taoiseach confirmed that Mr Barnier and his team would travel to the Irish capital in advance of Wednesday's emergency EU summit in Brussels.
"This is part of his frequent visits to EU27 capitals," the spokesman said. "The aim is to take stock of developments in London as well as the ongoing planning for a possible no-deal scenario."
Mr Barnier will also meet with Irish foreign affairs minister Simon Coveney and finance minister Paschal Donohue.
That's all from us for tonight.
The week in Westminster ends with a cross-party bid to find a new Brexit plan on the brink of collapse, after Labour attacked Theresa May for reputedly failing to offer “compromise or change”. But Downing Street countered the accusation, insisting it had made "serious proposals in talks this week" and was "prepared to pursue changes to the political declaration in order to deliver a deal that is acceptable to both sides".
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