Sterling strengthened this morning as Prime Minister Theresa May is to hold talks with Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn. The PM says she wants to meet to agree a plan on the future relationship with the EU. She did, however, insist that her withdrawal agreement, which was voted down last week, would remain part of the deal.
Corbyn has said that he’s happy to meet the Prime Minister, and would ensure that plans for a customs union and protection of workers’ rights were on the table. This could mean a ‘softer’ Brexit, and this cross-party approach has not gone down well with hard-line Brexiteers.
May said that this plan, which she will make with the leader of the opposition, will be put to the House of Commons before April the 10th.
In a speech yesterday, the Prime Minister also revealed that she will ask the EU for a further extension to Brexit to ‘break the logjam’, but insisted that it would be “as short as possible”.
