THE Queen signed the Article 50 Bill into law yesterday, giving Prime Minister Theresa May the power to start Brexit negotiations.
Tory MPs cheered as Commons Speaker John Bercow announced that the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) had received royal assent.
Labour has insisted that the rights of EU nationals living in Britain should be guaranteed, though amendments to the Bill stipulating these demands were rejected in the Commons.
Our members face serious violence, crumbling workplaces and exposure to dangerous drugs — it is outrageous we still cannot legally use our industrial muscle to fight back and defend ourselves, writes STEVE GILLAN
Labour must not allow unelected members of the upper house to erode a single provision of the Employment Rights Bill, argues ANDY MCDONALD MP


