UK finance minister says government open to Brexit compromise with opposition

to end months of political crisis and allow Britain to leave the European Union smoothly after 46 years of membership.

MPs have rejected her agreement finalised with European leaders last November three times, delaying Britain’s original March 29 exit date and throwing the process into chaos. However with European leaders growing increasingly impatient at the paralysis in Westminster, they could offer just a shorter postponement — or a longer period of up to a year.Hammond, who backed Remain in Britain’s 2016 referendum and is seen as favouring as soft a Brexit as possible, urged his divided Conservative colleagues to show flexibility.

Labour is pushing May to accept a much closer post-Brexit alliance with the EU that includes participation in a customs union.The prime ministers has previously dismissed the idea because it bars Britain from striking its own trade deals with global giants such as China and the United States.

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