The government was defeated on amendments to the Article 50 bill last year JUSTIN TALLIS/REUTERSMinisters are braced for a series of defeats on the central Brexit legislation in the House of Lords this week. The withdrawal bill begins six days of votes there tomorrow. Peers are expected to open the parliamentary wrangling by defying the government on the customs union, one of the main prongs of Theresa May’s strategy. A cross-party amendment to the bill, which transfers European law to the British statute book, requires the government to negotiate a continuing customs union with the EU after Brexit. Since the prime minister’s Lancaster…

Source: The Times April 16, 2018 22:52 UTC