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    May Offers A Vote On Delaying Brexit, Expanding Options As EU Deadline Looms

    For the first time,
    by Bill Chappell Feb 26, 2019 2 minutes
    U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May says that the House of Commons could vote on March 14 to "seek a short, limited extension to Article 50" — the exit clause in the EU Constitution that was triggered after the Brexit vote.

    U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May says she's open to the possibility of delaying Britain's exit from the European Union that's planned for March 29, publicly accepting that option for the first time as she promised lawmakers a chance to vote on the question.

    May announced the strategy shift as Britain stares down an important deadline, with less than five weeks

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