Johnson Aims to Force Brexit Law Through Commons in Three Days
- U.K. premier plans to fast-track the Withdrawal Agreement Bill
- Commons Speaker stops Johnson putting his deal to second vote
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson will seek to rush his crucial Brexit law through the U.K.’s House of Commons in just three days after he was thwarted in his latest attempt to get his divorce deal approved.
On Monday, Commons Speaker John Bercow rejected the government’s bid to trigger a second parliamentary vote on the Brexit deal that the prime minister secured last week in Brussels.