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Brexit: UK MPs accept Letwin amendment to withhold approval of deal until legislation to ratify it has passed
In a defeat for Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government, the Letwin amendment has been passed by the House of Commons, meaning the so-called Surrender Bill has been strengthened. Laid down by former Conservative Cabinet minister Sir Oliver Letwin, the amendment was designed to close a potential loophole in the Benn Act, the piece of legislation dubbed the Surrender Bill by Brexiteers, which was designed to prevent the UK leaving the European Union without a deal. Because of the conditions of the Benn Act, Johnson will now have to request a three-month delay to Brexit from the EU by the end of Saturday.  Al

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