Theresa May could further delay the Brexit vote, says media report

Cross-party group considers mechanism to paralyze Westminster

Theresa May’s aides are believed to be planning to make parliament’s approval of her Brexit deal conditional on Brussels providing further concessions, specifically on the thorny issue of the Irish backstop, the Telegraph reported.

The move is intended to limit opposition and gain more time for negotiations to continue with the EU, the newspaper said.

The vote, penciled in for January 15 or 16, was pulled at the last minute in December when it became clear more than 100 Conservative Party lawmakers were going to opposite it. The Democratic Unionist Party, which props up May’s government, was always going to