May prepares for talks with Macron that could make or break Brexit plan

The prime minister has cut short her summer break in Italy to try to convince Macron to soften his approach to Brexit.Theresa May’s hopes of prising away Emmanuel Macron from the rest of the European Union to sign up to her Chequers vision for Brexit looked tenuous on the eve of the pair’s crunch talks.The prime minister has cut short her summer break in Italy to try to convince Macron, who is seen by British officials as the biggest obstacle to her plans, to soften his approach to B