Government Suffers 12th Brexit Bill Defeat As Lords Back Removal Of 'Exit Day'

The government has suffered its twelfth Brexit bill defeat - and second of the day - at the hands of the House of Lords.Peers voted by 311 to 233 to remove the government’s fixed European Union ‘exit day’ from the legislation, following an earlier vote to allow the UK to participate in EU agencies.The government previously passed amendments during the bills committee stage to define exit day as “11pm on 29 March 2019”.Critics warned it would undermine any transition