Govt urges MPs to respect Brexit result as two-day debate begins

Theresa May's Brexit battle is moving back to Westminster after a day of diplomacy in Cardiff and Dublin, as MPs begin debating the bill to approve triggering Article 50. Two days have been set aside for a debate on the bill's second reading in the Commons, with pro-Remain MPs attempting to prevent it going ahead by tabling a series of wrecking amendments. Five amendments - two all-party, one from the Scottish National Party, one from Labour backbenchers and one from the Liberal Democrats - have