Tag: Trade Bill

• Tuesday, July 17th 2018 - 09:41 UTC

  Brexit debate: government manages to save Customs Bill, and on Tuesday must defend the Trade Bill

  

  The British government has narrowly avoided a defeat on its Customs Bill after agreeing to Brexiteers' demands to change its wording. It twice survived by just three votes after a backlash from pro-EU Tories who accused Theresa May of “caving in” to the party's Eurosceptic MPs.