Brexit bill negotiations enter frantic final hours

Government whips locked in talks to head off damaging defeat over detail of the ‘meaningful vote’ given to MPsFrantic negotiations to prevent a damaging government defeat over parliament’s ability to block a no-deal Brexit look set to come down to the wire, with rebels and government whips locked in deep discussions hours before the vote.The mood appeared to shift against the government over the course of the afternoon. The justice minister Philip Lee resigned on the morning of