Peers vow to overturn key parts of ‘baffling’ new Brexit legislation

The Port of Felixstowe, Suffolk (Chris Radburn/PA)

Boris Johnson was accused of “groping for desperate solutions” as peers vowed to overturn key parts of his controversial Brexit legislation, enabling ministers to break international law.

Former Commons speaker Betty Boothroyd and Conservative former leader Michael Howard were among those who criticised the UK Internal Market Bill, which has already cleared the Commons despite opposition from some senior Tories.