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PM faces calls for resignation after blaming Commons for delay to UK’s exit from EU.
Theresa May faces a fresh headache over her Brexit strategy after peers inflicted a defeat on the government in favour of keeping the UK in a customs union with the EU.
Theresa May will be obliged to present MPs with a new Brexit plan within three days if her current proposal is voted down next week, after a procedural amendment to the plan’s progress through the Commons was passed amid chaotic scenes.
Theresa May on collision course with parliament over no deal as MPs prepare to reject her Brexit plans
08/01/2019
The prime minister accepted her agreement could be defeated as she told ministers she would ‘move quickly’ if it is voted down
Theresa May has sustained the heaviest parliamentary defeat of any British prime minister in the democratic era after MPs rejected her Brexit deal by a resounding majority of 230.
Shadow Brexit secretary to call for MPs to hold ‘open and frank debate’ to find ‘credible solutions’ to current crisis.
Theresa May faces humiliation in D-day vote after amendment that could avoid heavy defeat is withdrawn
15/01/2019
Hilary Benn says it is now 'vital that we get the clearest expression of the view from the House on the government's deal'
“What?!” - former prime minister is dumbfounded as her old nemesis suggests Brexit will help “intensify” the UK’s security. / Theresa May has ridiculed Michael Gove’s claim that Brexit could give intelligence and law enforcement services the power to “intensify” the security they provide for the UK.
MPs told a further ‘meaningful vote’ will be ruled out of order if the motion is 'the same or substantially the same’
The government is seeking to disentangle domestic law from EU law – handing more power to unaccountable ministers.
The Tories are upping their attack on our democracy, under cover of the leadership contest
19/07/2022
Deep within the Northern Ireland protocol bill, ministers are making a sinister grab for yet more unchecked powers.
Following the Supreme Court's judgment that the prorogation of Parliament was unlawful, the 2017-19 parliamentary session will resume on 25 September 2019.
Could there have been a softer Brexit than is in prospect, especially had remainers and/or soft Brexiters made different choices?
The constitutional wreckage of Theresa May's approach to Brexit is all around us, writes Sky's Lewis Goodall.
The Parliamentary Battle Over Brexit provides answers to those who want to understand the bitter arguments that occurred over Brexit, what might have been handled better, and the role that parliament played.
The Immigration Bill must not wipe out the freedom of movement so many Britons have benefited from
21/04/2021
My amendment is to the Immigration Bill is asking members of the House of Lords to protect the freedom of Britons for decades to come.
Electoral law, the legal system and parliament itself will all be reformed to the Conservatives’ advantage.
THE BBC has, for the THIRD time in two days, cut off its coverage of a key Brexit debate just as the SNP's Ian Blackford stood up to speak.
When thinking about what I might about say in this lecture it occurred to me that it would be appropriate to look at parliaments and sovereignty, which are hugely important concepts when it comes to understanding Euroscepticism and Britain’s place in the European Union (EU).
Yesterday, Brexiteers were asking Poland to overrule the House of Commons. Today, it's only the Queen. That’s progress of sorts
Boris Johnson's decision to suspend Parliament was unlawful, the Supreme Court has ruled.
Supreme Court ruling on whether Boris Johnson unlawfully closed parliament to be delivered on Tuesday
23/09/2019
Judges to hand down verdict in historic case, with government expected to face calls to recall parliament immediately if suspension is declared void.
The United Kingdom’s Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that Prime Minister Boris Johnson had acted unlawfully when he advised Queen Elizabeth to suspend parliament weeks before Brexit - and that therefore the suspension was void.
UK’s top judges unanimously rule on prime minister's proroguing of parliament ahead of Brexit deadline.