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Amber Rudd floats 'Plan B' before key vote on May's Brexit deal
Source: Reuters
BREXIT DECEMBER 8, 2018 / 3:47 AM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO
Amber Rudd floats 'Plan B' before key vote on May's Brexit deal
Sarah Young
4 MIN READ
LONDON (Reuters) - A close ally of Prime Minister Theresa May on Saturday became the first cabinet minister to float a possible Plan B if, as expected, parliament next week rejects her proposal to leave the European Union.
With her own future in the balance, May insists her deal, laboriously negotiated with the EU over many months, is the only one on the table and that the alternatives are a painful ‘no-deal’ exit from the EU or possibly no Brexit at all.
However, members of parliament, including from May’s own Conservative Party, look set to reject her deal, which envisages continued close ties with the EU, in a move that would pitch the world’s fifth-largest economy into even deeper uncertainty.
While agreeing with May that her deal provides the best option for exiting the EU, Amber Rudd, the work and pensions minister, said a Norway-style relationship with the bloc might also offer a way out of the current deadlock.
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Amber Rudd floats 'Plan B' before key vote on May's Brexit deal
Sarah Young
4 MIN READ
LONDON (Reuters) - A close ally of Prime Minister Theresa May on Saturday became the first cabinet minister to float a possible Plan B if, as expected, parliament next week rejects her proposal to leave the European Union.
With her own future in the balance, May insists her deal, laboriously negotiated with the EU over many months, is the only one on the table and that the alternatives are a painful ‘no-deal’ exit from the EU or possibly no Brexit at all.
However, members of parliament, including from May’s own Conservative Party, look set to reject her deal, which envisages continued close ties with the EU, in a move that would pitch the world’s fifth-largest economy into even deeper uncertainty.
While agreeing with May that her deal provides the best option for exiting the EU, Amber Rudd, the work and pensions minister, said a Norway-style relationship with the bloc might also offer a way out of the current deadlock.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-eu-rudd/amber-rudd-floats-plan-b-before-key-vote-on-mays-brexit-deal-idUSKBN1O70AM
