British MPs take first step to starting Brexit
British MPs yesterday took a key step towards leaving the European Union, launching a debate on a bill that would empower Prime Minister Theresa May to trigger Brexit.
Brexit minister David Davis presented the bill to parliament, giving MPs their first discussion on giving the government the power to trigger Article 50 of the EU's Lisbon Treaty, which opens two years of negotiations on leaving the bloc.
While the bill is expected to pass the lower House of Commons, it could be delayed in the upper House of Lords as May's Conservative Party does not have a majority there.
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