May Plans Countryside Lock-in to End Cabinet War Over Brexit
- PM will host talks on U.K.’s Brexit vision in early July
- Potentially explosive proposal for Northern Ireland emerges
Chequers in Aylesbury on April 21.
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Prime Minister Theresa May will seek to quash Cabinet squabbling over her Brexit strategy by hosting another away-day at her countryside retreat early next month, as a potentially explosive new proposal emerged.
May is facing a torrid time trying to reconcile Brexit backers and pro-Europeans in her top team, with the fight laid bare spectacularly this week. First there was widespread speculation Brexit Secretary David Davis would quit over her timetable for severing the U.K. from European Union customs rules. Then leaked remarks from Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson called for a tougher approach to negotiations and warned of a Brexit “meltdown.”