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The Brexit bill will pass on Monday night after Angela Smith, Labour’s leader in the House of Lord, said the party would back down on the two contested amendments because there is no chance of getting MPs to change their minds. Smith said:

Despite very impressive amendments from the Lords, there is no indication the government or House of Commons wants to incorporate them into legislation ... If the House of Lords was to vote to send the amendments back, I wouldn’t expect a different result so it is highly unlikely we can get the House of Commons to change its mind. On that basis, we could play politics but we’ve set a really high bar on the principle with a majority of 102 and 98, so I’m inclined not to send them back to the Commons. If I thought there was a foot in the door or a glimmer of hope that we could change this bill, I would fight it tooth and nail but it doesn’t seem to be the case.

Smith said Labour was not going to let either issue go and was “looking at other ways of ensuring the party holds the government’s feet to the fire” in parliament on both EU citizens’ rights and a more meaningful vote for both houses.

Smith also argued that Labour had forced the government to concede the principles but had simply been unable to get them on the face of the bill.

The Labour peer also called on Theresa May to make her view clear on both issues when she makes a statement to the House of Commons on Tuesday.