Theresa May publishes article 50 legislation in preparation for MPs' vote

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Channel: africanews · 2017 · News & Politics

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*Theresa May's government has presented to parliament draft legislation to enable Britain to begin its divorce from the EU.*

She hopes the bill, to be initially debated next week, will clear the lower and upper houses by the end of March.

That is her self-imposed deadline to invoke Article 50 - the exit clause of the bloc's Lisbon Treaty.

A Supreme Court ruling forced May to seek parliament's approval.

"The government cannot trigger Article 50 of the EU's Lisbon Treaty without an Act of Parl…
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