What will happen in the Brexit talks this week?
Politics Explained: Pressure is mounting on Labour and the government to agree a deal – but MPs remain hopelessly divided
Theresa May will return to the Commons after the bank holiday weekend in no doubt that any Brexit ceasefire is well and truly over.
Labour and Tory MPs had stayed relatively quiet in the run up to last week's local elections for fear of rocking the boat.
But the grim results for both parties have been interpreted – rightly or wrongly – as a Brexit backlash from voters furious at Labour's equivocation and government delays to Britain's departure from the EU.
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