British Prime Minister Theresa May faces her biggest parliamentary test over Brexit yet from today as lawmakers start to vote on a bundle of legal amendments that could determine Britain's future ties with the EU.
The most challenging is a requirement that parliament is granted a “meaningful vote” on the outcome of her negotiations with Brussels that would both allow it to throw out any deal and give it powers to set the government’s future direction afterwards.
The vote on that is due to come this evening after six hours or so of debate starting at lunchtime. Other votes today cover the vexed Irish border issue and whether the Brexit departure date should be legally set in stone as March 29 next year.
Aid workers on board the ship Aquarius have requested medical assistance for some of the 600-plus migrants on board before it embarks on the three-day voyage to the Spanish port of Valencia.
Yesterday's events were a tale of two governments as Italy's new anti-immigrant Interior Minister Matteo Salvini hailed as a victory the decision by Spain's new Socialist government to accept the migrants.
The most challenging is a requirement that parliament is granted a “meaningful vote” on the outcome of her negotiations with Brussels that would both allow it to throw out any deal and give it powers to set the government’s future direction afterwards.
The vote on that is due to come this evening after six hours or so of debate starting at lunchtime. Other votes today cover the vexed Irish border issue and whether the Brexit departure date should be legally set in stone as March 29 next year.
Aid workers on board the ship Aquarius have requested medical assistance for some of the 600-plus migrants on board before it embarks on the three-day voyage to the Spanish port of Valencia.
Yesterday's events were a tale of two governments as Italy's new anti-immigrant Interior Minister Matteo Salvini hailed as a victory the decision by Spain's new Socialist government to accept the migrants.
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