Prime Minister Theresa May has turned to the opposition Labour to help pass the crucial EU withdrawal package, but the party is also riven by differing views on Brexit, with many party MPs opposed to another referendum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A Downing Street spokesman said: \u201cToday both sets of negotiating teams met for four and a half hours of detailed and productive technical talks in the Cabinet Office, supported by the civil service. The Government and the Opposition hope to meet again tomorrow for further work to find a way forward to deliver on the referendum, mindful of the need to make progress ahead of the forthcoming European Council.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another referendum \u2013 called a \u2018confirmatory referendum\u2019 is Labour policy decided at the last party conference. But MPs representing constituencies that overwhelmingly voted to leave the EU are in an uneasy position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Talks between Prime Minister Theresa May\u2019s team and senior Labour leaders continued on Thursday, without any progress, but as many as 25 party MPs wrote to leader Jeremy Corbyn that another referendum should not be part of any compromises deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 25 MPs wrote to Corbyn: \u201cDelaying for many months in the hope of a second referendum will simply divide the country further and add uncertainty for business. A second referendum would be exploited by the far right, damage the trust of many core Labour voters and reduce our chances of winning a general election.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The opposition within Labour to another referendum came at a time when the idea is gaining momentum in Westminster. Chancellor Philip Hammond described holding another referendum to confirm the withdrawal agreement as \u201ca perfectly credible proposition\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The May government suffered another reverse in the House of Commons on Wednesday night when a cross-bench bill to prevent the UK leaving the EU without an agreement scraped through by 313 to 312 votes. It was being debated in the House of Lords on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Brussels, the European Parliament approved a law allowing Britons visa-free travel to the 27-nation group in the event of the UK leaving the EU without an agreement, despite outrage in some quarters over the status of Gibraltar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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