A law which will make a no-deal Brexit illegal without parliamentary approval has been passed by the House of Lords.
Unchecked, unbalanced and channelling an unsavoury populism, a prime minister that I’ve helped to keep in check in the courts could soon be free to do whatever he pleases
Internal Market Bill: UK’s five most senior bishops say Brexit legislation will fracture the country
19/10/2020
The legislation begins its passage through the House of Lords on Monday and is likely to be heavily amended.
Johnson’s 'unbelievable' Brexit withdrawal agreement decision will be defeated in House of Lords, Lord Heseltine says
09/09/2020
European Commssion demands urgent meeting, as John Major warns of risk to UK’s reputation.
Joe Biden has warned PM if elected he will not sign trade deal unless certain clauses removed.
The archbishop of Canterbury has said a no-deal Brexit would hit the poorest and most vulnerable people in the UK.
The author of a new law to block a no-deal Brexit, which completed its passage through parliament on Friday, has said he is "very troubled" by suggestions that prime minister Boris Johnson will not comply with it.
Bill hands ‘breath-taking’ powers to ministers, warns Hansard Society. / Boris Johnson’s legal justification for tearing up his agreement with the EU on post-Brexit arrangements for Northern Ireland has been branded “hopeless” by the government’s former chief lawyer.
Peers will launch bid to block legislation until it’s been approved by Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Tory grandee Lord Heseltine has called on MPs and peers to abstain when voting on Boris Johnson’s Brexit trade deal with the European Union, which he warned will inflict “lasting damage” on the UK.
Lords back attempt to stop next prime minister suspending parliament to force through no-deal
17/07/2019
Peers back plan that would force ministers to make series of statements in parliament in run-up to EU exit deadline.
The government would do well to read the House of Lords EU committee report on Brexit impacts, recently debated in the Lords.
The government has suffered fresh defeats in the Lords over its blueprint for protecting trade between different UK nations after Brexit.
"Families should be together," says Lord Dubs, who fled the Nazis as a child and led peers' immigration bill revolt.
PM on collision course with Joe Biden and EU if he pushes ahead with "lamentable" proposals.
The men behind Trussonomics and Brexit, the two great man-made catastrophes of recent years, are to be honoured for their ‘great work’.
Lords Pass Plan To Stop Boris Johnson Forcing Through No-Deal Brexit By Suspending Parliament
17/07/2019
MPs are set for a crunch Brexit vote on Thursday after peers passed a plan designed to stop Boris Johnson suspending parliament to force through no deal.
UK law enforcement can no longer immediately access real-time data about persons and objects of interest, including wanted and missing persons.
Met Police assessing electoral fraud claims after Farage says senior Brexit Party figures offered peerages to step aside
16/11/2019
Scotland Yard looks into claims of potential bribery as former lord chancellor demands investigation of 'exceptionally serious allegations'.
The retained EU law bill is an outrageously undemocratic attempt to transfer law-making powers from parliament to Whitehall.
Ministers making ‘misleading’ claims about Brexit blow to music tours, Lords inquiry warns
21/01/2022
Ministers are making “misleading” claims about the costs and red tape facing performers trying to tour the EU after Brexit, a parliamentary inquiry says.
MPs battle to write food standards into law to stop Government letting low-quality goods into UK
11/10/2020
The House of Commons is debating whether to accept Lords amendments to the Agriculture Bill
Fisheries bill amendments on sustainable quotas and banning of supertrawlers defeated.
NHS costs, food standards and intellectual property rights must be protected in any deal by the UK to join a major international trade agreement, a Lords committee has told ministers in a new report.
UK firms face ‘significant barriers’ to doing business with EU and have less access than Canadian companies, in some cases.