before the summer break, setting out the clearest deadline so far for the embattled plan and the prime minister's possible departure.
Britain had been due to leave the EU on March 29, but May was unable to get her divorce deal ratified by parliament.Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said EU leaders did not want an extension beyond the new deadline of October 31, when the legal default is to leave with or without a deal.Getty Images Europe
"Ministers involved in the negotiations set out details of the compromises which the government was prepared to consider in order to consider an agreement which would allow the UK to leave the EU with a deal as soon as possible," the spokesman said.
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