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10 days to Brexit: May prepares to ask for more time to reach a deal

Theresa May is drafting a request for more time to reach a deal that will win the endorsement of Britain's skeptical Parliament

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File photo: Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May leaves church, near High Wycombe, Britain, January 20, 2019.

Tim Ross, Ian Wishart and Robert Hutton | Bloomberg
Britain’s messy divorce from the European Union is once again stuck between the demands of Theresa May’s divided government and the reality of what the bloc is willing to offer her -- this time over how long the delay to Brexit should be.

With just 10 days left until the U.K. is due to exit the EU, the prime minister is drafting a request for more time to reach a deal that will win the endorsement of Britain’s skeptical Parliament. But she’s facing a battle with Brussels and her own Cabinet ministers over how much time she needs.

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