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Theresa May vows to overturn Lords plan which could stop Brexit - as it happened

All the action from Parliament on 1 May

Ashley Cowburn,Chris Baynes
Tuesday 01 May 2018 18:50 BST
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Theresa May vowed to overturn an amendment to the government’s Brexit legislation after suffering a key defeat in the House of Lords.

The prime minister said the government would be “robust” in trying to block the passage of the change, voted through the upper chamber on Monday evening, when it comes back to a Commons vote.

But she has been forced to give way to Tory rebels who had revolted over an attempt to block measures that would increase the transparency of offshore tax havens.

Facing a possible Commons defeat, the government said it would not oppose an amendment aimed at exposing the super rich who heard dirty money in British territories.

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Liam Fox said there is no form of customs union with the EU that "could ever be acceptable".

The Cabinet minister said the Government must not have "its hands tied".

He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "No, I don't think we can stay in the customs union for a number of reasons, the main reason being that we would be in a worse position than we are today.

"If we were in a customs union with the European Union we would have to accept what the EU negotiated in terms of market access to the UK without the UK having a voice.

"That's worse than the position in which we found ourselves today in the European Union."

"I don't think there is a customs union that could ever be acceptable," he added.

"If we are in a customs union of any sort we will have less ability to shape Britain's future than we have today. That is not what the public voted for.”

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