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| Westminster – as it happened: Government defeated over plan to enshrine date of Brexit in law | |
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| Peers have dealt a fresh blow to Theresa May’s Brexit strategy by voting to remove the official exit date from her flagship EU legislation. | Peers have dealt a fresh blow to Theresa May’s Brexit strategy by voting to remove the official exit date from her flagship EU legislation. |
| The government suffered two defeats on the EU (Withdrawal) Bill in the Lords - taking its tally to 12 losses - and it faced a further threat on Tuesday night as cross-party peers were due to push a vote to effectively keep Britain in the single market. | |
| It comes as the prime minister was forced to insist she had full confidence in Boris Johnson, after the foreign secretary launched a public assault on her proposals for a customs partnership after Brexit. | It comes as the prime minister was forced to insist she had full confidence in Boris Johnson, after the foreign secretary launched a public assault on her proposals for a customs partnership after Brexit. |
| In a major intervention, Mr Johnson said the proposals favoured by the Prime Minister were "crazy" and would create a “whole new web of bureaucracy”. | In a major intervention, Mr Johnson said the proposals favoured by the Prime Minister were "crazy" and would create a “whole new web of bureaucracy”. |
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