May Faces Cabinet As Brexit Deadline Looms

Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday faced her divided ministers as negotiators scrambled to secure a divorce agreement with the European Union and anxiety mounted over the risk of a no-deal Brexit.

London, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 13th Nov, 2018 ) :Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday faced her divided ministers as negotiators scrambled to secure a divorce agreement with the European Union and anxiety mounted over the risk of a no-deal Brexit.

May said Monday her government was working "extremely hard" to save a deal, telling officials of London's financial district that negotiations "are now in the endgame".

A British government source said a deal must happen by Wednesday if there is any hope of an extraordinary EU summit this month to sign a withdrawal agreement.

May's de facto deputy David Lidington told BBC Radio's Today programme on Monday that a deal was "not quite there yet" but was within "touching distance".

Agreement was still to be reached on a "small number of difficult issues", he added, saying a deal before Wednesday was "still possible, but not at all definite".

May addressed City of London leaders on Monday, saying her negotiators were working "through the night" to make progress on the remaining issues.

"I will not compromise on what people voted for in the referendum. This will not be an agreement at any cost," she added.

But pro-Brexit ministers in the cabinet are worried that May is set to agree to the EU's demands over the key sticking point of the Irish border.