UK to Seek Further Brexit Delay, Try to Break Logjam

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May gives a press conference outside Downing Street, in London, on April 2, 2019. Jack Taylor/Pool/AP

LONDON—With Britain racing toward a chaotic exit from the European Union within days, Prime Minister Theresa May veered away from the cliff-edge April 2, saying she would seek a further delay to Brexit as U.K. politicians sought a compromise solution to the crisis.

May made the announcement after the EU’s chief negotiator warned that a disruptive and costly Brexit was likely unless Britain broke the impasse that has paralyzed the government and Parliament.