Daily Mail: Theresa May faces a fresh challenge today as peers seek to keep Britain in the single market and scrap the fixed date for leaving the European Union.Labour peers will today propose an amendment to key Brexit legislation so that March 29, 2019, is no longer fixed in law as the day of departure.A cross-party group has put down a further amendment that would force ministers to keep Britain in the European Economic Area with a Norway-style deal.
The Lords has already inflicted ten defeats on the Government at the report stage of the EU Withdrawal Bill, including removing the option of the Prime Minister walking away from Brexit talks with no deal.
Labour peers have been instructed not to back the cross-party amendment to keep Britain inside the single market, but dozens could defy the party leadership....read more>>>...
