Peers vote to remove exit date from Government's flagship Brexit bill

The Government has suffered its 12th Lords defeat on its flagship piece of Brexit legislation.Peers backed a cross-party amendment to the EU Withdrawal Bill - to remove the Brexit date of 29 March 2019 from the legislation - by 311 votes to 233, a majority of 78.The attempt to delete the exit date was led by the Duke of Wellington, who said he was trying to help the Government and not "thwart the process".