Barclay don't want Brexit delay of one year

Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit minister said on Wednesday he did not want Britain's departure from the European Union to be delayed for up to a year but indicated he would accept one if it was flexible enough to allow an earlier exit. "Well, I don't want to see a delay for up to a year," Brexit Secretary Steve Barclay told BBC radio. "I don't want to see a long extension."

But he said the key thing was for Britain to have the option to leave the EU as soon as a Brexit divorce deal was approved by parliament. On talks with the opposition Labour Party, he said a permanent customs union was not a good way forward. He said talks with Labour would continue on Thursday.