May cuts short holiday for Brexit talks with Macron

Prime minister seeks to persuade French leader to soften his stance on UK’s Brexit proposals Theresa May is cutting short her summer break in Italy to meet the French president, Emmanuel Macron, to try to persuade him to soften his approach to Brexit.The prime minister will become the first foreign leader to meet Macron at his summer home, Fort de Brégançon, in the south of France on Friday in an attempt to convince him to sign him up to her Chequers deal.Continue reading...