May sets one-week deadline for progress in Brexit talks

Brexit protests in London. Photograph: Guy Bell/REX/ShutterstockTheresa May has set a one-week deadline for cross-party Brexit talks to make progress or be brought “towards a conclusion”, with a crunch meeting likely to be scheduled with key players early next week.Downing Street believes the middle of next week is the deadline by which the negotiations must show progress, if they are to have a hope of passing the withdrawal agreement and implementation bill (WAB), in time to prevent