Controversial Brexit legislation will not return to the Commons for weeks

EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier in Westminster, London, where he is attending meetings as efforts continue to strike a post-Brexit trade deal (Aaron Chown/PA)

Controversial measures which tear up parts of the Brexit divorce agreement will not return to the Commons until the end of November at the earliest.

Peers, including dozens of senior Tories, voted to strip controversial clauses from the UK Internal Market Bill that would enable ministers to set aside key parts of the Withdrawal Agreement signed with the European Union, breaking an international treaty.