UK misses deadline for replying to EU legal notice on controversial Brexit Bill

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen served the UK with a legal notice after MPs voted for the Internal Market Bill Picture: Yui Mok/PA

Britain has missed a deadline set by the European Union for replying to its legal notice regarding concerns about Boris Johnson’s controversial Brexit Bill.

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen sent the UK a “letter of formal notification” last month after ministers rejected a demand to scrap clauses from the UK Internal Market Bill that override key elements of the Withdrawal Agreement.