📰 *VD8*: *Brexit: Theresa May sets out UK offer to break deadlock*

📰 *VD8*: *Brexit: Theresa May sets out UK offer to break deadlock* Theresa May has begun her key Brexit speech by telling EU leaders: "We want to be your strongest friend and partner as the EU and UK thrive side by side." But she added that the UK "never totally felt at home being in the EU". The British had made a choice to leave - but the country will not be "leaving Europe," said the prime minster. The speech, in Florence, Italy, is a bid to break the deadlock in Brexit negotiations, which are due to resume on Monday. In her speech in Florence, Italy, Mrs May is expected to make what has been described as an "open and generous" offer, potentially worth 20bn euros over the two years - which could plug a black hole in the current EU budget to 2020, created by the UK's departure.