British Govt To Push Ahead With Controversial Brexit bill
The British government has agreed to push ahead with Brexit legislation which migth break international law – despite fears that it could upset the EU at a critical time for trade talks.
In A report monitored by BGT News from Sky News the government’s Internal Market Bill would return to the House of Commons today.
According to Foreign Office minister James Cleverly the bill is on the floor of the parliamentary as they opened the plenary sesion for the day
Time is running out to secure a post-Brexit trade deal, with Thursday’s summit of EU leaders seen as a deadline for an agreement to be reached.
This weekend saw further talks on a possible deal, following Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s call with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Saturday.
Mr Johnson and Ms von der Leyen are due to talk again on Monday evening, to assess whether a trade agreement can still be reached.
However the EU’s chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, was said to have told the bloc’s national ambassadors on Monday morning that he was “rather downbeat” about the prospects of a deal.
One EU diplomat said: “EU-UK negotiations have entered the endgame, time is running out quickly.
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