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UK PM May could offer customs union compromise to Labour party - BBC Radio

While speaking to BBC Radio, Solicitor General Robert Buckland admitted that a customs union with EU is the 'most likely outcome' of crunch talks with Labour.

On Sunday, the UK PM Theresa May said there was a need for "compromise on both sides" if a deal was to be struck.

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"Whilst I don’t pretend it’s ideal – I think there are some real drawbacks with it – it does mean we deliver the end to freedom of movement and it does mean that we deliver the vast majority of, I think, the aims of Brexit, which was to leave the institutions of the European Union.”

"It’s not perfect, but frankly in this particularly hung parliament none of us can get perfection, we need to compromise… something approximating a customs arrangement or customs union I think would be the most likely outcome."

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