Ministers fear UK will crash out of EU without a deal because there isn't time to pass new Brexit laws

Theresa May could run into trouble if the laws aren't passed in time
Theresa May could run into trouble if the laws aren't passed in time Credit: PA

Britain could crash out of the EU without a deal if negotiation talks are not finished in October because there won't be enough time to agree new laws, ministers fear. 

Senior Government figures including minister Suella Braverman held crisis talks with Commons leader Andrea Leadsom this week to thrash out a plan, amid growing fears Parliament won't be able to enact Brexit before deadline day next March. 

Without the passage of the Withdrawal and Implementation Bill the UK could be forced out without a deal because there would be no legal mechanism to underpin the new agreement with the EU.

Ms Leadsom is understood to have been warning ministers of the impending danger, which some believe could...

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