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Brexit: PM in compromise with Tory critics over Internal Market Bill
No 10 has reached a deal with some of the Tory MPs unhappy with plans to give the government the power to override parts of the UK's Brexit agreement. Boris Johnson has agreed to amend the Internal Markets Bill, giving MPs a vote before he could use the powers in it that would break international law. The move could head off a potential rebellion over the issue next week. But Labour said the UK was on course to break its word, as a senior government legal officer quit over the issue. Lord Keen, Scotland's Advocate General, stood down on Wednesday after days of speculation about his future. In his resignation letter, ... (full story)