UK PM Theresa May is preparing to back away from promises to include March 29 2019 in the legislation.
May is preparing to back down from promises to include the date when the UK officially leaves the EU, in the country’s European Union Bill, according to two senior UK officials.
The officials said the UK government will include language in the bill that will allow for flexibility on the exact date when the country leaves the bloc, a key demand of the opposition and a few Conservative MPs opposed to a hard Brexit.
The move is aimed at avoiding another defeat like the one May experienced last week when MPs voted in favour of a key amendment that will allow parliament to have a say on a final divorce deal.
Conservative MP and former Attorney General Dominic Grieve warned another such defeat was likely if the government went ahead with putting in a fixed date for departure.
