UK’s May plans ‘lock-in’ to end cabinet war over Brexit

Bloomberg

Prime Minister Theresa May will seek to quash Cabinet squabbling over her Brexit strategy by hosting another away-day at her countryside retreat early next month, as a potentially explosive new proposal emerged.
May is facing a torrid time trying to reconcile Brexit backers and pro-Europeans in her top team, with the fight laid bare spectacularly. First there was widespread speculation Brexit Secretary David Davis would quit over her timetable for severing the UK from European Union
customs rules. Then leaked remarks from Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson called for a tougher approach to negotiations and warned of a Brexit “meltdown.”
So after the EU summit in Brussels on June 28-29, May will take her warring ministers to Chequers, northwest of London to thrash out a policy documents she had promised to publish laying out the government’s vision for post-Brexit ties to the bloc.
The lock-in plan emerged as Brexit negotiations intensified in Brussels, with a
radical new option being considered for avoiding a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic. May’s officials are considering keeping Northern Ireland aligned with EU single market rules.