Are the cross-party Brexit talks close to collapse and what happens next?

Politics Explained: For the first time, senior Conservative and Labour figures are suggesting simultaneously that the negotiations are going nowhere

Rob Merrick
Deputy Political Editor
Monday 13 May 2019 18:33 BST
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Once again, the two sides are in the same Whitehall meeting room, for the same discussion about the same apparently doomed attempt to rescue Brexit – but, under the surface, the currents are finally shifting.

Six weeks after Theresa May begged Jeremy Corbyn for help, exasperation at the failure to make progress – and the sheer futility of the effort involved – is bubbling to the surface.

So, are the talks close to collapsing and if so, why? If there is another route to parliament passing a deal, what might that tell us about the prime minister’s future?

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