Theresa May is holding a marathon Cabinet session to try and break the Brexit deadlock, as EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier said a no-deal withdrawal was becoming more likely by the day. Theresa May is holding a marathon Cabinet session to try and break the Brexit deadlock, as EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier said a no-deal withdrawal was becoming more likely by the day. May gathers cabinet as Barnier says no-deal Brexit more likely by the dayThe British Prime Minister is gathering her top team for crisis talks in Downing Street after MPs again failed to find a majority for a series of alternatives to her Brexit deal. Mr Barnier said the UK now had two options, quit the EU without a deal, or seek an extension to Article 50. But European Parliament Brexit coordinator Guy Verhofstadt said the votes meant "a hard Brexit becomes nearly inevitable".

Source: Irish Independent April 02, 2019 07:42 UTC