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To avoid feared no-deal Brexit, Parliament may force May to ask EU to delay departure date

Steve Bray, an anti-Brexit demonstrator, holds placards during ongoing pro- and anti-Brexit protests outside the Houses of Parliament in London on Tuesday. The U.K.'s main opposition party is backing a plan that could open the door to a second European Union referendum, bringing the possibility of stopping Brexit a step closer. | BLOOMBERG

Bloomberg

Jan 23, 2019

LONDON –

The U.K. Parliament is moving closer to a plan to delay Brexit in order to stop the country dropping out of the European Union with no deal and avoid the risk of an economically damaging divorce.

The main opposition Labour Party is now increasingly likely to support a proposal to extend the March 29 exit day deadline, if Prime Minister Theresa May fails to negotiate a divorce agreement, said John McDonnell, the party's chief finance spokesman.

McDonnell described the proposal as a "sensible" way to avoid the upheaval of a disastrous no-deal Brexit.

To avoid feared no-deal Brexit, Parliament may force May to ask EU to delay departure date

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