Article 50 bill: Lords 'highly likely' to pass amendment on EU citizens

Lib Dems’ Dick Newby tells crowd at Westminster that Labour peers will also back the amendment on EU citizens’ rightsAn amendment to the article 50 bill guaranteeing the rights of EU nationals in the UK after Brexit is highly likely to be passed in the House of Lords, the leader of Liberal Democrat peers has said. Dick Newby told about 500 EU citizens in Westminster that Labour peers would be supporting the amendment, which will be debated next week, though the party had indicated it