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UK Lords set to pass Brexit law forcing May to consult parliament on delay

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According to Reuters, Britain’s upper house of parliament is expected to pass a law later on Monday that will force Prime Minister Theresa May to seek a delay to the country’s exit from the European Union to prevent a disorderly Brexit on April 12. May has already requested an extension to Britain’s EU membership until June 30 and is working with the opposition Labour Party to come up with a different exit plan, in a last-ditch attempt to keep control after her own Brexit deal was rejected three times by the lower House of parliament. However, lawmakers want additional legal guarantees against a ‘no-deal’ exit, and have torn up convention by driving their own piece of legislation through parliament against the prime minister’s will.

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