By Rory Tingle For Mailonline
Published: 01:34 BST, 11 April 2019 | Updated: 01:34 BST, 11 April 2019
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Labour is set to again demand Britain staying in the customs union as part of a bi-partisan deal with Theresa May's government after EU leaders agreed to delay Article 50 for seven months.
The delay until Halloween, with a 'review' in June, was a compromise solution thrashed out in five hours of talks in Mrs May's absence, after Emmanuel Macron held out against a longer extension lasting into 2020.
Cross-party talks at Number 10 will restart again today, with Labour expected to repeat its demand for a customs union arrangement with a British say on trade deals as a central plank of a deal it could accept.
Jeremy Corbyn speaks from the dispatch box in the Commons yesterday. He is set to repeat calls for Britain to stay in the customs union at cross-party talks today
Yesterday afternoon, Mr Corbyn welcomed comments from Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar suggesting he is ready to contemplate a role for the UK in helping decide EU trade policies if it remains in a customs union after Brexit.
Mr Varadkar said that it would be in Britain’s interests to remain within the
