The Times reports Cabinet Ministers urging UK PM May to drop the cross party talks in favour of indicative votes in parliament.

  • scrap formal Brexit talks with Labour
  • ministers who previously supported them lose faith … Philip Hammond, the chancellor, is understood to have told colleagues that, while "amiable", they are being held on the "false premise" that a politically acceptable deal could ever be struck.
  • and launch a final attempt to secure a compromise in parliament

Supporters of a deal with the European Union are preparing to use tomorrow's cabinet meeting to urge the prime minister to set a timetable for indicative votes by MPs after the European elections.

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Brexit Cabinet Ministers urging UK PM May to drop the cross party talks in favour of indicative votes in parliament.