Donald Tusk told Theresa May that Jeremy Corbyn’s Brexit plan could be a way out of the current Brexit impasse, BuzzFeed News has learned.

An EU source with knowledge of today’s meeting said: “Tusk suggested that the Corbyn plan could be a promising way out of the impasse.”

EU officials who have looked at the letter the Labour leader sent the prime minister on Wednesday believe that it is broadly compliant with the guidelines set out by the EU’s remaining 27 member states.