MPs have approved legislation to allow the
UK to leave the
European Union on January 31.
They voted 330 to 231 in favour of the
Brexit withdrawal agreement bill, which implements an exit deal agreed with
Brussels last year.
The majority of 99 is in stark contrast to repeated defeats inflicted on an agreement thrashed out with the EU by Theresa May.
Quitting the EU was facing an impasse until
Boris Johnson called a snap
election late last year and then won an 80-seat majority after promising to ‘get Brexit done’.
The bill faces one more hurdle. It will now go to the Lords – where it could face a more difficult passage as Johnson does not have a majority in the upper chamber.This is a breaking news story and will be updated. Follow HuffPost UK on Twitter here, and on Facebook here.