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THERESA MAY’S government has vowed to overturn a demand by the House of Lords to guarantee the residency rights of EU citizens, it was revealed yesterday.
The upper chamber defied Ms May on Wednesday night, voting with a majority of 102 in favour of an amendment which guarantees that EU nationals can live and work in a post-Brexit Britain.
The government described the result as “disappointing” while its sources confirmed on Thursday that it intends to undo the changes when the Bill returns to the Commons.
As peers prepare to debate reform of the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act, Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi leads a bid to end the criminalisation of women who end pregnancies at home. LYNNE WALSH reports
Evidence to peers from medical leaders, patient safety officials and the children’s commissioner has intensified fears that the Bill’s safeguards are inadequate, writes ADAM JAMES POLLOCK
Labour must not allow unelected members of the upper house to erode a single provision of the Employment Rights Bill, argues ANDY MCDONALD MP
