PM considered separate vote on Brexit withdrawal agreement, Labour claims

Jeremy Corbyn held an hour-long meeting with the prime minister. Photograph: ReutersLabour has claimed an increasingly desperate Theresa May suggested severing the Brexit withdrawal agreement from the forward-looking political declaration on Monday, as she made a fresh bid to win Jeremy Corbyn’s backing for her deal. The Labour leader held an hour-long meeting with the prime minister at Westminster on Monday, alongside the Brexit secretary, Steve Barclay, and his shadow, Keir Starmer, with