May Sets Out to Win Labour Rebels' Support Over Brexit Deal
- Ministers discuss employment rights and cash for deprived
- Corbyn does little to discourage defectors from his side
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Ministers in Theresa May’s government are setting out to woo members of the opposition Labour Party, in the hope that they’ll provide enough votes to get her Brexit deal through.
In meetings with Labour members of Parliament considering whether to support the Withdrawal Agreement that May negotiated, ministers including Business Secretary Greg Clark have discussed enhancing British employment rights and environmental protections after Brexit, as well as money for deprived parts of the country -- many of them places which vote Labour.