EU withdrawal bill: What is the 'meaningful vote' and what kind of compromise has been won?
Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Theresa May has seen off a potentially catastrophic Commons defeat to her flagship Brexit bill after pro-EU rebels were persuaded to drop their opposition moments before a critical vote. Ministers had launched an intense whipping exercise earlier in the week to win over Tory rebels, as well as the small band of outspoken Labour Brexiteers. The row has been played out through amendments to the EU Bill - the government's key piece of Brexit legislation - which seeks to end the supremacy of EU law and transfer everything onto the domestic statute books in time for exit day.
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