Johnson’s Brexit bill approved by 358 to 234 another step for UK to leave EU on 31 January

MPs vote by 358 to 234 to back Boris Johnson’s Brexit bill to leave EU on 31 January.

The bill would also ban an extension of the transition period – during which the UK is out of the EU but follows many of its rules – past 2020.

The PM said the country was now “one step closer to getting Brexit done”.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn told his MPs to vote against the bill, saying there was “a better and fairer way” to leave the EU – but six of them backed the government.

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