British Prime Minister Theresa May said she will present a “new, bold offer” to lawmakers with “an improved package of measures” in a final attempt to get the Brexit divorce deal through Parliament before she leaves office.
After failing three times to get Parliament’s approval for her deal, the government will now put the Withdrawal Agreement Bill, legislation which will enact that deal, before Parliament for a vote in early June.
“Whatever the outcome of any (indicative) votes, I will not be simply asking MPs (lawmakers) to think again. Instead I will ask them to look at a new and improved deal with a fresh pair of eyes — and to give it their support,” Ms. May wrote in The Sunday Times .
Brexit talks between Ms. May’s Conservatives and the Opposition Labour Party collapsed on Friday.
Facing her last chance to push through the exit from the bloc, Ms. May said common ground with Labour had been found in workers’ rights and protections, the environment and security. “When the Withdrawal Agreement Bill comes before MPs, it will represent a new, bold offer to MPs across the House of Commons, with an improved package of measures that I believe can win new support,” she said.
Corbyn’s response
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, however, said Ms. May had not moved away from any of the red lines that shaped her previous attempt.
“We haven’t seen whatever the new Bill is going to be yet but nothing I’ve heard leads me to believe it is fundamentally any different from the previous Bill that has been put forward so as of now we are not supporting it,” he said in a pre-recorded interview broadcast on the BBC’s Andrew Marr show. Mr. Corbyn said he would be willing to consider a new offer, including for example new legislation that entrenched workers’ rights in law.
