Gary Gibbon
May avoids defeat, rebels get climbdown
The bluff worked and the government folded. It desperately wanted to avoid a defeat.
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Edinburgh Fringe gets political, as Theresa May meets Nicola Sturgeon to discuss Brexit ‘plan B’
Theresa May meets Scotland’s First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, in Edinburgh.
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FactCheck: What happened to Brexit in Parliament yesterday?
Mrs May was forced into some embarrassing climb-downs that could come back to haunt her.
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Gary Gibbon
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Gary Gibbon
Tory rebels set to abstain on Brexit amendment
After resigning as a minister in order to oppose Brexit, Philip Lee could find himself a lonely figure when he votes for the Lords amendment on the meaningful vote.
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Gary Gibbon
Minister resigns to oppose Brexit
Dr Philip Lee has resigned from his post as a justice minister to oppose Brexit and call for a second referendum. He said he couldn’t look his children in the eye if he didn’t act this way.
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A delicate diplomatic dance: Brexit talks move on to second-stage
As the European Council ended, there was snippy language from some EU27 leaders about the need for the UK Government to get on with making its mind up about where it wants to go with the future relationship with the EU post-Brexit. But there was also guidance that the EU is ready to start exploratory…
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Ken Clarke on Brexit: ‘My aim is to minimise the damage’
Ken Clarke, one of the rebel Conservative MPs, and Jonathan Isaby, the editor of the eurosceptic website Brexit Central, debate the developments of the Brexit bill.
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Theresa May still hopeful about Brexit despite parliamentary defeat
Despite her first parliamentary defeat last night, Theresa May insisted today that her government is still on course to deliver Brexit. Tonight she is in Brussels having dinner with EU leaders. Tomorrow they are due to declare that negotiations can move on to stage two and begin discussion on our future trading arrangements. But will…
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Alison McGovern: ‘No consensus in cabinet on post-Brexit economy’
Henry Newman, director of the Open Europe think tank and a former adviser to the leading Brexiteer Michael Gove, and Labour MP Alison McGovern discuss Brexit.
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Britain’s Brexit bill could double
Britain’s Brexit bill could be double the amount that Theresa May offered the EU in September. The critical cabinet committee in charge of making the decision has just finished meeting in Downing Street. The EU says without that promise of extra money, the talks won’t move on to the future trading relationship, and the EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier has also warned Britain…
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Brexit talks delayed a week
The next round of Brexit negotiations in Brussels has been pushed back by a week “to allow more time for consultation”. The talks now won’t start until the last week of September, after a major speech on Brexit that Theresa May is expected to make next week.
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Hilary Benn: Brexit bill ‘takes extraordinarily wide and sweeping powers’
The Labour MP and chair of the Brexit committee, Hilary Benn, discusses the government’s EU withdrawal bill.
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TUC concerned EU bill could affect workers’ rights
The government’s Brexit negotiating strategy has been under attack from the Trades Union Congress boss Frances O’Grady, who told delegates at their conference in Brighton that the repeal bill would mean “open season” on workers’ rights if it’s allowed to go through the Commons unamended.
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MPs to vote on EU withdrawal bill
MPs will be staying up into the early hours tonight for a crucial vote on the Brexit withdrawal bill, designed to turn European rules and regulations into British laws.
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Gary Gibbon
Brexit Bill: What’s Labour’s game?
Labour is walking a difficult line, showing some ankle to the armies of disaffected Remainers who backed them in the snap election while honouring the referendum result and the Labour-supporting Brexiteers beyond London who, some MPs say, are already badgering them with emails asking what the party is playing at.
