Labour ready to whip MPs to back Cooper's no-deal amendment

Amendment aims to allow for article 50 to be delayed if no-deal Brexit looks imminentLabour looks set to whip its MPs to back Yvette Cooper’s amendment, paving the way for legislation that would mandate ministers to extend article 50 if a no-deal Brexit looked imminent.The amendment, tabled by Cooper to a motion laid by the government after the defeat of its Brexit deal, would give parliamentary time for the private member’s bill to be debated, which it otherwise would not get. Conti