Summary

  • Brexit bill published - debate next week

  • It gives details on negotiation hopes

  • Theresa May heading to the US

  1. Scottish Labour: SNP seeking 'politically expedient' outcomepublished at 11:39 Greenwich Mean Time 24 January 2017

    Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale says her party will work with the SNP to get the best deal for Scotland on Brexit.

    She adds: 

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    But both the SNP and the Conservatives are casting about for an expedient political position rather than working in the national interest. Unity cannot be achieved by a politics that sees one half of the country constantly facing off against the other. We are divided enough already. That's why there will be no support from Scottish Labour for any SNP plan for a second independence referendum."

  2. Lib Dem MP: Why I'll vote against Article 50published at 11:39 Greenwich Mean Time 24 January 2017

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  3. UKIP leader: 'We want a swift, clean Brexit'published at 11:33 Greenwich Mean Time 24 January 2017

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    Paul Nuttall

    UKIP leader Paul Nuttall said he was disappointed by the Supreme Court judgement, although he was not surprised.

    He told the BBC: "Let's get on with this, let's do it quickly and woe betide any MP or indeed the House of Lords, if they try to mess around with the will of the people."

    He accused the SNP of attempting "to subvert the will of the British people" by saying it is going to put down 50 amendments to the Article 50 bill. 

    Labour say they want a vote at end of article 50 process "which isn't the right route to take", and Lib Dems want a second referendum, he said.

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    What we want to see is a swift Brexit, a clean Brexit which means out of the single market, controlling our own borders, not paying the membership fee and able to sign our own trade deals around the globe - that's what the British people voted for on 23 June and that's what I believe we'll get."

  4. Watch: Arguing for sovereignty of Parliamentpublished at 11:33 Greenwich Mean Time 24 January 2017

    Counsel General Mick Antoniw welcomes the Supreme Court ruling on Brexit despite it saying Wales has no veto.

  5. Government should set out its Article 50 objectives - Hilary Bennpublished at 11:32 Greenwich Mean Time 24 January 2017

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    Hilary Benn

    Labour's Hilary Benn has called on the government to publish a White Paper on its objectives as part of the triggering of Article 50.

    White papers are policy documents produced by ministers that set out their proposals for future legislation.

    Mr Benn, chairman of a parliamentary committee that will scrutinise government policy on the UK’s exit from the EU and a Remain campaigner, said he would like to see continued tariff free, barrier free access to British markets as part of the plan.

    It was a matter for the shadow cabinet to decide whether MPs should be whipped to vote for Article 50 to be triggered, he said.  

    But he stressed: "You can't say you respect the outcome of the referendum and not vote to give effect to it."

  6. Will the Lords block Brexit?published at 11:31 Greenwich Mean Time 24 January 2017

    With the Commons expected to comfortably back the government's Article 50 bill, attention may focus on the Lords, where the Conservatives do not have a majority.

    In October, Labour's leader in the Lords, Baroness Smith, said peers would not "block" Brexit:

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    We will use the expertise and knowledge in this House to fully understand the implications of Brexit, to advise the government and to do whatever we can to ensure that these issues are effectively addressed, both through our highly regarded EU Committees and on the floor of your lordships House. We will scrutinise. We will examine. But my Lords – we will not block. But neither will we be bullied into abdicating our responsibilities. We have to be adult about this. We can’t have the most enthusiastic Brexiters crying foul every time Parliament asks for more details or seeks to scrutinise."

  7. Leave.EU chair: 'The people have been let down'published at 11:30 Greenwich Mean Time 24 January 2017

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    Leave.EU chairman Arron Banks claimed the Supreme Court judgement "gives our out-of-touch establishment the ability to soften or delay the clean Brexit a majority of the British people voted for". 

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    The people have been let down. Parliament gave us a referendum and the people had their say, yet the power has now been handed back to Westminster by our unelected establishment judges. This decision shows how broken the system is - true democracy is being thwarted. This Tory government wants to be a champion for ordinary people, now May must prove it by driving Brexit through Parliament post-haste - 17.4 million voters will be watching her every move."

  8. Green Party joint leader: 'Extreme' Brexit must be be avoidedpublished at 11:30 Greenwich Mean Time 24 January 2017

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  9. Sturgeon: Scotland faces choice about its futurepublished at 11:30 Greenwich Mean Time 24 January 2017

    Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon describes the judgement as a "damning indictment" of the UK government's strategy.

    But she says she is disappointed with the part of the ruling saying the devolved administrations do not need to be consulted before Brexit is triggered.

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    This raises fundamental issues above and beyond that of EU membership. Is Scotland content for our future to be dictated by an increasingly right-wing Westminster government with just one MP here – or is it better that we take our future into our own hands? It is becoming ever clearer that this is a choice that Scotland must make."

  10. UKIP urges government to 'get on with it'published at 11:30 Greenwich Mean Time 24 January 2017

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  11. Lawyers 'proud' after Supreme Court rulingpublished at 11:12 Greenwich Mean Time 24 January 2017

    Mishcon de Reya, the law firm representing the lead claimant, Gina Miller, has welcomed the ruling:

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    As lawyers, we believe in the rule of law, the separation of powers and the independence of the judiciary. This case has seen challenges to each of these principles we hold dear. We are proud that today the strength and primacy of those principles has been restated by the highest judges in the land."

  12. Court rejects Scottish government Article 50 argumentpublished at 11:12 Greenwich Mean Time 24 January 2017

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    Judges at the Supreme Court have rejected the Scottish government's argument that Holyrood should get a say on the triggering of Article 50.

    The court decided that MPs must have a say on starting the formal process of Brexit via an act of parliament.

    However, they also rejected arguments from the Lord Advocate that devolved administrations should also have a say.

    First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has pledged to hold a Holyrood vote on the matter regardless of the ruling.

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  13. Unite urges MPs to 'defend workers' rights' in Article 50 debatepublished at 11:12 Greenwich Mean Time 24 January 2017

    Unite union general secretary Len McCluskey hailed the Supreme Court ruling.

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    There has been scant detail in the prime minister's statements to date. What she has said on workers' rights has been ambiguous and her declaration that the country would not seek access to the single market is shocking. It is now for our MPs to hold the government to account. They must defend workers' rights, both now and from future Conservative Party threats."

  14. Boris Johnson on Supreme Court judgement: 'Forward we go!'published at 11:12 Greenwich Mean Time 24 January 2017

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  15. Nick Clegg: Supreme Court case 'a waste of money'published at 11:12 Greenwich Mean Time 24 January 2017

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  16. What will Labour do with Brexit legislation?published at 11:12 Greenwich Mean Time 24 January 2017

    The party's shadow Brexit minister has been responding on Twitter (click on the tweet to read his whole thread).

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  17. Could Scottish independence be on the cards?published at 11:12 Greenwich Mean Time 24 January 2017

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  18. Labour MP to vote against Article 50 because 'we've got no plan'published at 11:02 Greenwich Mean Time 24 January 2017

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    Labour MP Mike Gapes says he is going to oppose his party's leadership by voting against triggering Article 50 because there is "no White Paper, we've got no plan".

    Labour's Neil Coyle agreed, saying he has already seen "the harm" the Brexit vote had caused his constituency, with financial services among some of the jobs moving to the continent.

    Remain campaigner Charlie Mullins, head of Pimlico Plumbers, says he wants the UK to continue trading with the single market, adding that the UK does not want to cut itself off completely with the EU.

    "We now need to move on and get the best Brexit we can for the UK by getting Parliament involved," he said.

  19. Analysis: Unravelling 'messy' EU membershippublished at 10:56 Greenwich Mean Time 24 January 2017

    Dominic Casciani
    Home Affairs Correspondent

    This momentous judgement is about one thing alone: the rule of law and how the UK, as a champion of that steady, calm form of government, gets on with the business of leaving the EU.

    But what it also makes clear is that membership of the EU is messy in constitutional terms - so only Parliament has the right to pull us out.

    It can’t be done by the stroke of a minister’s pen. On the devolution side, the government did however win hands down.

    The court unanimously ruled that the devolved bodies have no real say in leaving the EU: constitutional power - the means to change the fabric of the United Kingdom, rests with the UK Parliament alone. 

  20. Leading MEP responds to Brexit rulingpublished at 10:56 Greenwich Mean Time 24 January 2017

    Some reaction from the European Parliament, where Manfred Weber chairs the centre-rightEuropean People's Partygrouping.

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