UK Conservatives Resume Brexit Talks with Labour amid Low Expectations

LONDON – Britain’s Conservative government held what it called “constructive and detailed” talks with the opposition Labour Party on Tuesday as the two sides struggle to break a parliamentary deadlock over the country’s exit from the European Union.

After Prime Minister Theresa May’s deal was rejected three times in parliament and she was forced to delay Brexit, the government has spent more than four weeks in talks with Labour – negotiations that have done little to soften positions in either party.

So far, there has been no agreement.

“Today’s meeting was constructive and detailed. The teams have agreed to meet again for follow-up talks tomorrow afternoon, recognizing the need to resolve the current Brexit deadlock in Parliament,” said a Downing Street spokesman.

However, Labour’s business spokeswoman Rebecca Long-Bailey said the government had not offered any new concessions.

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