Brexit deal deadline to be pushed back to November in bid to ‘avoid a catastrophe’

Prime minister Theresa May and
EU Council president Donald Tusk (Getty)

The deadline for a Brexit deal is set to be pushed back to November under plans to be discussed by EU leaders this week.

The European Council summit on October 18 has long been the official cut-off point for an agreement on the Withdrawal Agreement and future relationship between the UK and EU.

But the need for an emergency meeting in November has been raised as in recent weeks as the two sides struggled to reach consensus on outstanding issues despite an intensification of talks.

Now it has been confirmed that European Council president Donald Tusk will formally propose an “extraordinary” summit when he address EU leaders on the issue in Salzburg on Thursday.

By Luke James.

Full story at Yahoo News.