May Had Secret Brexit Showdown With Tories Who Want Clean Break
- U.K. leader was asked to drop ‘magic’ customs partnership plan
- Crunch meeting on customs options will take place next week
Brexit Negotiations 'Going Badly,' Says Open Britain Deputy Director
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Brexit-backing Conservatives held private talks with Theresa May to demand that the U.K. prime minister sticks to her plan for a clean break with the European Union.
At the meeting, which took place in the prime minister’s office on Tuesday, May reassured euroskeptics she will deliver the kind of Brexit they want, according to two people familiar with the conversation. The gathering was convened amid reports that May might be getting ready to buckle on her red line to quit the customs union.