The government is expected to publish the Brexit Strategy in an hours time. The white paper will set out its priorities for negotiations with the European Union after Parliament Takes the First Step Towards britain leaving the union, as mps vote overwhelmingly in favour of triggering article 50. Last night mps voted 498 to 114 in favour of approving legislation which gives the Prime Minister the power to start negotiations with european leaders. 47 labour mps, one in five, voted against the bill despite a three line whip imposed by the party leader, Jeremy Corbyn. And what will happen next . As mentioned, at around noon, Brexit Secretary david davis will announce the governments white paper on exiting the eu. This will allow parliament to send the bill on Forfurther Amending and scrutiny, before it becomes law. Our assistant Political Editor, norman smith, is at westminster with the latest. What are we going to find out . Probably very little. I think most people expect it to simply fl
Seats labour have won this new council, 12 seats gained, and what is really important seats gained, and what is really important about this, what labour will take important about this, what labour will take heart from, is that this is a part will take heart from, is that this is a part of will take heart from, is that this is a part of the country with crucial is a part of the country with crucial swing states that the conservatives only won in 2017, you might conservatives only won in 2017, you might remember copeland, the canary in the might remember copeland, the canary in the coat might remember copeland, the canary in the coal mine in 2017, the by election, won by the conservatives, one of the first breaks conservatives, one of the first breaks of conservatives, one of the first breaks of the blue wall to fall. workington man you might remember from the workington man you might remember from the 2019 general election, and according from the 2019 general electio
Minister and the fine he got for breaking covid laws. the scottish tories, i spoke to a source there was utterly scathing, they think they will take an absolute battering over the next few hours north of the border. they are saying it is solely down to the prime minister and partygate. a similar picture may well emerge in certain parts of wales if the conservatives go backwards. so it has been a bad night for the tories, it has not been a catastrophic night for the tories. don t get the impression from the charts i have had this morning that we are about to see some sort of coup and that boris johnson s leadership is under imminent threat, but don t mistake that for a lack of nervousness. there are many in the conservative party looking at this result and thinking, hold on, there was finds that boris johnson thinking, hold on, there was finds that borisjohnson and some of his staff got, that partygate issue, it is having an electoral impact. those fines. is having an electoral impac
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Have also made gains across england. counting has onlyjust begun in council elections across scotland and wales. and in northern ireland, where voters have been electing members of the stormont assembly. so here s the state of play for the parties.. our political correspondent helen catt has the story so far. a good night and morning for the liberal democrats so far, they have added 59 councillors. residents groups, 40, they have added six. an impressive 23 for the greens, bringing their total to 39. if we look at the number of councils,