The authority of Britain’s executive branch was diminished to a point not seen in recent history. The country watched an increasingly empowered group of backbench legislators take control of the government’s principal piece of Brexit legislation. nyti.ms
The government will not have completed all of the legislation needed to prepare for life after Brexit by March 29, Downing Street has admitted theneweuropean.co.uk
Ireland's Parliament would have to quickly approve at least 45 pieces of legislation to cope with a no-deal Brexit, according to a government contingency plan, which pointedly omits any consideration of a hard border with Northern Ireland nyti.ms
Seemingly endless Brexit debate puts much of the U.K. government on hold, with Parliament passing little significant legislation in the past year on.wsj.com
A constitutional crisis is looming as the Scottish Parliament appears poised to formally refuse to give consent to Theresa May's Brexit legislation theneweuropean.co.uk t.co
Enthusiasts for British departure from the EU are focusing fury on a curious aspect of their own country's constitution: the unelected House of Lords, which has voted against the government 14 times on Brexit legislation nyti.ms
Enthusiasts for British departure from the EU are focusing fury on a curious aspect of their own country's constitution: the unelected House of Lords, which has voted against the government 14 times on Brexit legislation nyti.ms
Negotiations between the UK, Scottish and Welsh governments over key Brexit legislation are "reaching the end game", Scotland's first minister has said theneweuropean.co.uk t.co
The UK's most senior judge has warned the government's Brexit legislation could leave the judiciary at risk of "appearing to make a political decision". theneweuropean.co.uk
The UK's most senior judge has warned the government's Brexit legislation could leave the judiciary at risk of "appearing to make a political decision" theneweuropean.co.uk t.co
The first ministers of Scotland and Wales have written to peers setting their own proposed changes to crucial Brexit legislation theneweuropean.co.uk t.co
Betty Boothroyd has urged peers to use the "entire arsenal of our powers" over Brexit legislation to "limit the damage" to Parliament and the national interest theneweuropean.co.uk t.co
The government says it is confident peers will be "constructive" over key Brexit legislation as a marathon two-day debate began theneweuropean.co.uk t.co
It is an "illusion" to think key Brexit legislation will have an "untroubled passage" through the House of Lords, Ken Clarke has told MPs theneweuropean.co.uk t.co
