Theresa May’s plan to trigger Brexit next month clears major hurdle in Lords

‘The Government has defeated the first challenge in the Lords to its plan to trigger Brexit negotiations next month.
Peers voted against an amendment to the Brexit Bill demanding the UK retains its membership of the European single market.
The 229 to 136 vote, a majority of 163, exposed deep divisions within Labour.
In the debate, former Business Secretary Lord Mandelson warned it would be an “economic disaster” for Britain to leave the single market.
However, opposition frontbencher Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town accused supporters of the amendment of offering “unrealistic hope” that the UK could stay within the EU’s trading area.’
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