UK PM May presses on with bid to get Brexit deal through parliament: spokesman

Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May leaves the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain, March 27, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May is pressing on with efforts to get her Brexit deal approved by parliament, meeting Conservative colleagues and Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party, her spokesman said on Thursday.

May, who has offered to quit in return for the support of Conservative lawmakers for her deal, is focused on getting it through parliament, the spokesman said, adding that she continued to believe her agreement was the best available.

Reporting by William James, writing by Elizabeth Piper, Editing by Kylie MacLellan

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