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Boris Johnson's Brexit bill backed by Parliament in major boost for his plan to leave the EU

Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.Boris Johnson's Brexit bill has passed its first stage in the UK Parliament after months of delay.

Johnson has threatened to pull the bill altogether if MPs vote to delay its passage, or significantly alter its central purpose.Boris Johnson's Brexit bill has passed its first stage in the UK parliament, in a major boost to the prime minister's plan to take the UK out of the EU by October 31. MPs will on Wednesday begin the process of debating amendments to the bill, which have the potential to radically alter it, or wreck its prospects of passing altogether.

Donald Tusk, the European Commission president, indicated on Tuesday that the EU was prepared to grant an extension of the October Brexit deadline until next year. However, the prime minister on Tuesday insisted that any attempt to frustrate or delay Brexit would mean that he would pull the bill and "go forward to a general election," adding that the Brexit process could not be allowed to continue for "months" more of delay.

 

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