Theresa May’s government suffered its first defeat in the House of Lords over the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill after peers voted in favour of a customs union amendment. The amendment would require ministers to keep the option of staying in the EU’s customs union open. He recalled no debate at the time of the referendum on the customs union. (Image: Getty Images Europe)(Image: AFP)Lord Kerr said: "The country voted narrowly to leave the European Union, but no one can argue that it voted knowingly to leave the customs union with the European Union." "I don't think we will do better than we are doing within the customs union."

Source: Daily Mirror April 18, 2018 16:41 UTC